Probability theory and its models

DOI10.1214/193940307000000347MaRDI QIDQ3626757zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paul Humphreys

Publication date 22 May 2009

Published in Institute of Mathematical Statistics Collections (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.2801

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05) Foundations of probability theory (60A99)

Abstract: This paper argues for the status of formal probability theory as a mathematical, rather than a scientific, theory. David Freedman and Philip Stark's concept of model based probabilities is examined and is used as a bridge between the formal theory and applications.

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