Emergence of Probability by Ian Hacking, Ian Hacking
Emergence of Probability

Ian Hacking, Ian Hacking

Emergence of Probability

Ian Hacking, Ian Hacking

209 pages first pub 1975 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics philosophy challenging informative slow-paced
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Historical records show that there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century although the use of dice and other randomizing objects was commonplace. Ian Hacking here presents a philosophical critique of early ...

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