Probability Theory and Probability Logic

ROEPER, P.; LEBLANC, H.

ISBN 10: 0802008070 / ISBN 13: 9780802008077

Published by University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1999

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vii, 238 p. 24 cm. Brown cloth. Ex library with labels on lower spine and front cover, ink stamps on top edge and title.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Probability Theory and Probability Logic
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto
• Publication Date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0802008070
• ISBN 13: 9780802008077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: ex library-very good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

As a survey of many technical results in probability theory and probability logic, this monograph by two widely respected scholars offers a valuable compendium of the principal aspects of the formal study of probability.

Hugues Leblanc and Peter Roeper explore probability functions appropriate for propositional, quantificational, intuitionistic, and infinitary logic and investigate the connections among probability functions, semantics, and logical consequence. They offer a systematic justification of constraints for various types of probability functions, in particular, an exhaustive account of probability functions adequate for first-order quantificational logic. The relationship between absolute and relative probability functions is fully explored and the book offers a complete account of the representation of relative functions by absolute ones.

The volume is designed to review familiar results, to place these results within a broad context, and to extend the discussions in new and interesting ways. Authoritative, articulate, and accessible, it will interest mathematicians and philosophers at both professional and post-graduate levels.

About the Author

Hughes Leblanc is retired Research Professor at l'Université du Québec à Montréal and the author of numerous books and articles on subjects related to logic and probablility. Peter Roeper is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Australian National University.