Probability and Statistics: 5 Questions [Paperback]

Luc Bovens (Author), Haim Gaifman (Author), James Hawthorne (Author), Joseph B. Kadane (Author), Isaac Levi (Author), D.H. Mellor (Author), Patrick Suppes (Author), Sandy Zabell (Author), Alan Hájek (Editor), Vincent F. Hendricks (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 6, 2009 | ISBN-10: 8792130054 | ISBN-13: 978-8792130051

Probability and Statistics: 5 Questions is a collection of short interviews based on 5 questions presented to some of the most influential and prominent scholars in probability and statistics. We hear their views on the fields, aims, scopes, the future direction of research and how their work fits in these respects. Interviews with Nick Bingham, Luc Bovens, Terrence L. Fine, Haim Gaifman, Donald Gillies, James Hawthorne, Carl Hoefer, James M. Joyce, Joseph B. Kadane Isaac Levi, D.H. Mellor, Patrick Suppes, Jan von Plato, Carl Wagner, Sandy Zabell.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Automatic Press / VIP (September 6, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8792130054
• ISBN-13: 978-8792130051
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,458,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Vincent F. Hendricks is University Professor of Formal Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Elite Researcher of the Danish State and Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University in New York City. He is the author of many books, among them Mainstream and Formal Epistemology (Cambridge University Press, 2007) Thought2Talk (Automatic Press / VIP, 2007), The Convergence of Scientific Knowledge (Springer, 2001). He is also the author and editor of numerous papers and books on formal epistemology, methodology and logic. Hendricks is editor-in-Chief of Synthese and Synthese Library.