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I. Background

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

C. W. Churchman
C. W. Churchman*
Affiliation:
Philosophy Department, University of Pennsylvania, Phila., Pa.
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Extract

It is a curious fact that in the many writings on the theory of probability, one rarely finds an instance of a clear cut definition of the fundamental problem of the subject. On intuitive grounds, one grasps the intent of most of the authors: it is to define the concept of probability and to show its relationship to the other concepts of science; and yet since the criterion of adequacy in the answering of this question is rarely stated, one must feel that the problem itself has remained undefined.

Type
Probability Theory
Information
Philosophy of Science , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , July 1945 , pp. 147 - 157
Copyright
Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association 1945

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