Principles of the Theory of Probability

{{short description|1939 book by Ernest Nagel}}

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| name = Principles of the Theory of Probability

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| author = Ernest Nagel

| country = United States

| language = English

| subject = Probability

| publisher = University of Chicago Press

| pub_date = 1939

| media_type = Print (Hardcover and Paperback)

| pages = 87

| isbn = 978-0226575810

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Principles of the Theory of Probability is a 1939 book about probability by the philosopher Ernest Nagel. It is considered a classic discussion of its subject.

Reception

The philosopher Isaac Levi described Principles of the Theory of Probability as a well-known classic.{{sfn|Levi|2017|page=697}} Rudolf Carnap cites Nagel's classification of theories of probability in his paper 'The Two Concepts of Probability' (1945).{{cite book |editor1-last=Sarkar |editor1-first=Sahotra |title=Logic, Probability, and Epistemology The Power of Semantics |publisher=Garland Publishing Company |page=98}}

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Category:1939 non-fiction books

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Category:Books by Ernest Nagel

Category:Contemporary philosophical literature

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Category:Books about philosophy of mathematics

Category:Probability books

Category:University of Chicago Press books