Subjective Probability: The Real Thing

by Richard C. Jeffrey

This book offers a concise survey of basic probability theory from a thoroughly subjective point of view whereby probability theory is a mode of judgement. Written by one of the greatest figures in the field of probability theory, the book is both a summation and a synthesis of a lifetime of wrestling with such problems and issues.

Genres: Mathematics, Philosophy

142 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[André Neiva]

Great introduction to the main ideas of subjective interpretation of probability and Bayesianism in philosophy of science, epistemology, and decision theory. This book covers various problems and concepts on the basic laws of probability theory, on scientific hypotheses-testing, on the principles of conditionalization, on mathematical expectation, and so on.

[Anurag]

An entertaining, erudite and somewhat formal account of an objectivist turned subjectivist.