Synthese Library

collected, edited, and annotated by Alberto Mura

By: Maria Carla Galavotti (Introduction by), Hykel Hosni (Translator), Bruno de Finetti

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Hardcover | 20 May 2008

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Bruno de Finetti (1906-1985) is the founder of the subjective interpretation of probability, together with the British philosopher Frank Plumpton Ramsey. His related notion of "exchangeability" revolutionized the statistical methodology. This book (based on a course held in 1979) explains in a language accessible also to non-mathematicians the fundamental tenets and implications of subjectivism, according to which the probability of any well specified fact F refers to the degree of belief actually held by someone, on the ground of her whole knowledge, on the truth of the assertion that F obtains.

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"The belated publication of de Finetti's lectures provides a welcome opportunity to celebrate the achievements of one of the remarkable thinkers of the last century and also to look again at his work as a whole." N.H. Bingham, Imperial College London

"The editor made an extraordinary effort to put the lectures as well as the discussions into proper context through a set of notes. These are very useful, and they often describe the future evolution of a subject which is touched on in the main text. A biographical sketch of de Finetti written by M. C. Gallavotti completes the information given in the book. ... I am grateful to the editor ... for making these lectures available in English to a broader audience." (Enrico Scalas, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2012 f)

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Published: 28th October 2010

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De Finetti's Philosophy of Probability
Introductory Lecture	p. 1
Decisions and Proper Scoring Rules	p. 15
Geometric Representation of Brier's Rule	p. 27
Bayes' Theorem	p. 31
Physical Probability and Complexity	p. 47
Stochastic Independence and Random Sequences	p. 59
Superstition and Frequentism	p. 69
Exchangeability	p. 75
Distributions	p. 87
The Concept of Mean	p. 97
Induction and Sample Randomization	p. 109
Complete Additivity and Zero Probabilities	p. 113
The Definitions of Probability	p. 127
The Gambler's Fallacy	p. 137
"Facts" and "Events"	p. 149
"Facts" and "Events": An Example	p. 159
Prevision, Random Quantities, and Trievents	p. 165
Desire Andre's Argument	p. 177
Characteristic Functions	p. 185
Cited Literature	p. 191
Name Index	p. 209
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