The Search for Certainty: a critical assessment
Statistics Theory
2010-04-01 v2 History and Overview
Statistics Theory
Abstract
The Search for Certainty was published in 2009 by Krzysztof Burdzy. It examines the "philosophical duopoly" of von Mises and de Finetti at the foundation of probability and statistics and find this duopoly missing. This review exposes the weakness of the arguments presented in the book, it questions the relevance of introducing a new set of probability axioms from a methodological perspective, and it concludes at the lack of impact of this book on statistical foundations and practice.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1001.5109,
title = {The Search for Certainty: a critical assessment},
author = {Christian P. Robert},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.5109},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
This is a revision of a book review of K. Burdzy's "The Search for Certainty", revision that is submitted to Bayesian Analysis