Paradoxes in Probability Theory

DOI10.1007/978-94-007-5140-8MaRDI QIDQ2910847zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors William Eckhardt

Publication date 12 September 2012

Published in SpringerBriefs in Philosophy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5140-8

zbMATH Keywords

betting crowddoomsday argumenthadron collider card experimentNewcomb's problemopen box gameparadoxesprobability theorysimulation argumenttwo envelopes problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to probability theory (60-01) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05) Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Probability theory (educational aspects) (97K50)

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