A Treatise on Probability

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A Treatise on Probability is John Maynard Keynes’s influential 1921 work that develops a logical and philosophical theory of probability, challenging classical and frequency-based interpretations.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
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philosophy of probability work ⓘ
academicDiscipline economics ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
argues probability is a logical relation between propositions ⓘ
probability is not reducible to long-run frequencies ⓘ
probability judgments can be partial and non-numerical ⓘ
author John Maynard Keynes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
critiques classical interpretation of probability ⓘ
frequency interpretation of probability ⓘ
discusses Bayesian ideas ⓘ
degrees of belief ⓘ
inductive reasoning ⓘ
field philosophy ⓘ
probability theory ⓘ
statistics ⓘ
firstEditionFormat print ⓘ
focusesOn logical interpretation of probability ⓘ
hasPart Book I: Fundamental Ideas ⓘ
Book II: Fundamental Theorems ⓘ
Book III: Induction and Analogy ⓘ
hasReprint Cambridge University Press edition ⓘ
influenced Bayesian epistemology ⓘ
philosophy of statistics ⓘ
subjective probability theory ⓘ
influencedBy George Boole ⓘ
John Venn ⓘ
logical positivism ⓘ
introducesConcept weight of argument ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor concept of weight of evidence ⓘ
early critique of frequentism ⓘ
systematic logical theory of probability ⓘ
proposes logical-relation theory of probability ⓘ
publicationYear 1921 ⓘ
publisher Macmillan Publishers ⓘ
surface form: Macmillan
relatedWork Essays in Biography ⓘ
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money ⓘ
subject epistemology ⓘ
induction ⓘ
logic ⓘ
philosophy of probability ⓘ
probability theory ⓘ
statistics ⓘ
uncertainty ⓘ

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