Probability theory and its models
Probability
2008-12-18 v1
Abstract
This paper argues for the status of formal probability theory as a mathematical, rather than a scientific, theory. David Freedman and Philip Stark's concept of model based probabilities is examined and is used as a bridge between the formal theory and applications.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0805.2801,
title = {Probability theory and its models},
author = {Paul Humphreys},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.2801},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/193940307000000347 the IMS Collections (http://www.imstat.org/publications/imscollections.htm) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)