THE PROPENSITY INTERPRETATION OF PROBABILITY

1959/05/01 by KARL R. POPPER · 569 citations
Computer Science · Mathematics · #Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference #Computer science #Epistemology #Interpretation (philosophy) #Mathematical economics #Mathematics #Philosophy #Programming language

paper · doi:10.1093/bjps/x.37.25

published in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 10(37), 25-42 (Oxford University Press)

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