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The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability before Pascal

James Franklin

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Description:Before Pascal and Fermat's discovery of the mathematics of probability in 1654, how did we make reliable predictions? What methods in law, science, commerce, philosophy, and logic helped us to get at the truth in cases where certainty was not attainable? In this text, James Franklin examines how judges, witch inquisitors, and juries evaluated evidence; scientists weighed reasons for and against scientific theories; and merchants counted shipwrecks to determine insurance rates. Sometimes this type of reasoning avoided numbers entirely, as in the legal standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt; at other times it involved rough numerical estimates, as in gambling odds or the level of risk in chance events.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability before Pascal. To get started finding The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability before Pascal, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Before Pascal and Fermat's discovery of the mathematics of probability in 1654, how did we make reliable predictions? What methods in law, science, commerce, philosophy, and logic helped us to get at the truth in cases where certainty was not attainable? In this text, James Franklin examines how judges, witch inquisitors, and juries evaluated evidence; scientists weighed reasons for and against scientific theories; and merchants counted shipwrecks to determine insurance rates. Sometimes this type of reasoning avoided numbers entirely, as in the legal standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt; at other times it involved rough numerical estimates, as in gambling odds or the level of risk in chance events.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability before Pascal. To get started finding The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability before Pascal, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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