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Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning: Volume II Patterns of Plausible Inference - Softcover

Polya, George

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9780691025100: Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning: Volume II Patterns of Plausible Inference
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ISBN 10: 069102510X ISBN 13: 9780691025100
Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1990

Synopsis

A guide to the practical art of plausible reasoning, this book has relevance in every field of intellectual activity. Professor Polya, a world-famous mathematician from Stanford University, uses mathematics to show how hunches and guesses play an important part in even the most rigorously deductive science. He explains how solutions to problems can be guessed at; good guessing is often more important than rigorous deduction in finding correct solutions. Vol. II, on Patterns of Plausible Inference, attempts to develop a logic of plausibility. What makes some evidence stronger and some weaker? How does one seek evidence that will make a suspected truth more probable? These questions involve philosophy and psychology as well as mathematics.

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About the Author

G. Polya (1887-1985) was Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication date
1990
Language
English
ISBN 10 
069102510X
ISBN 13 
9780691025100
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
200
Rating
  • 4.46 out of 5 stars
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