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