From Zeno to Arbitrage: Essays on Quantity, Coherence, and Induction

by Brian Skyrms

Brian Skyrms presents a set of influential essays on the nature of quantity, probability, coherence, and induction. The first part explores the nature of quantity and includes essays on tractarian nominalism, combinatorial possibility, and coherence. Part Two proceeds to examine coherent updating of degrees of belief in various learning situations. Finally, in Part Three, Skyrms develops an account of aspects of inductive reasoning, which proceeds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199652813
• ISBN13: 9780199652815
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"