Ian MacDougall Hacking (born February 18, 1936) is a Canadian philosopher specializing in the philosophy of science. Throughout his career, he has won numerous awards, such as the Killam Prize for the Humanities and the Balzan Prize, and been a member of many prestigious groups, including the Order of Canada, the Royal Society of Canada and the British Academy.
发表于2024-05-08
The Taming of Chance 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
如果没有丰富的统计学、哲学、历史学、政治和法律的知识,这实在是一本艰深的书 但是,作者的文笔实在是高,把各种统计定律引入得如此巧妙却又妙处横生,在磕磕绊绊的火车上也能磕磕巴巴的看完。难怪被称为是“20世纪100部英文写成的最佳作品”(但我看得是中文) 对于想...
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In this important new study Ian Hacking continues the enquiry into the origins and development of certain characteristic modes of contemporary thought undertaken in such previous works as his best selling Emergence of Probability. Professor Hacking shows how by the late nineteenth century it became possible to think of statistical patterns as explanatory in themselves, and to regard the world as not necessarily deterministic in character. Combining detailed scientific historical research with characteristic philosophic breath and verve, The Taming of Chance brings out the relations among philosophy, the physical sciences, mathematics and the development of social institutions, and provides a unique and authoritative analysis of the "probabilization" of the Western world.
average, normality, normal distribution, and causality
评分beautiful writing, very very crucial...
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评分不是我这种level的人能读懂的高级书= =
评分beautiful writing, very very crucial...
The Taming of Chance 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书