Robert Leslie Ellisʼs work on philosophy of science and the foundations of probability theory

It is desirable that scientifically oriented secondary and college students be exposed to the role played by mathematics in modeling physical theory and experiment. The nature of the probability model and the empirical evidence offered to support its applications can furnish a very effective counterpoint to the standard examples of the empirical evidence from astronomy and physics that justifies theoretical mechanics.

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The Oxford Handbook of Probability and Philosophy

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199607617.001.0001 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Probability Theory ◽

Philosophy Of Science ◽

Significant Role ◽

Philosophy Of Religion ◽

Social Philosophy ◽

The State ◽

Science Ethics ◽

Probabilistic Judgment ◽

Standard Probability

Probability theory is a key tool of the physical, mathematical, and social sciences. It has also been playing an increasingly significant role in philosophy: in epistemology, philosophy of science, ethics, social philosophy, philosophy of religion, and elsewhere. This Handbook encapsulates and furthers the influence of philosophy on probability, and of probability on philosophy. Nearly forty articles summarize the state of play and present new insights in various areas of research at the intersection of these two fields. The volume begins with a primer on those parts of probability theory that we believe are most important for philosophers to know, and the rest is divided into seven main sections: history; formalism; alternatives to standard probability theory; interpretations and interpretive issues; probabilistic judgment and its applications; applications of probability: science; and applications of probability: philosophy.

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Argumentative Theory of probability in the philosophy of Science

ALUSTATH JOURNAL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ◽

10.36473/ujhss.v225i2.160 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 225 (2) ◽

pp. 425-450

Author(s):

Dr. Karim Mousa Hussein Mezban

Keyword(s):

Information Theory ◽

Probability Theory ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Philosophy Of Science ◽

Induction Method ◽

Contemporary Theory ◽

Logical Probability ◽

Classical Probability ◽

Hans Reichenbach ◽

Basic Model

This research was devoted to elaborate various models of probability theory which is adopted by a number of philosophers of science in the twentieth century. The debate between them about the validity of probability theory is shown through philosophical researches, the research is distributed to fifth sections which can be listed as follow: Part (1): The theory of classical probability (classical) has been devoted to knowledge of the basic model of probability theory. Part (2): the theory of repetitive probability adopted by the philosopher of science Hans Reichenbach to fill the lack of the model The basis of probability theory part (3): The theory of logical probability adopted by the philosopher of science Rudolf Carnab to fill the logical deficit in the theory of the repetitive probability of Rischenbach, and also included sparring between them. part(4): The theory of probability of vascular, divided into two parts: Section 4.a: Pragmatisms is adopted by philosopher Charles Pierce to enshrine pragmatism or tendency in the concept of probability. Section 4.b: Karl Popper's Probabilistic Probability Theory, in which he defended the inability of probability to justify the induction method. part(5): The theory of entropy probability, which was devoted to the contemporary theory of probability that took all previous models of probability according to information theory.

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