Classical probability in the Enlightenment / Lorraine Daston ; with a new preface by the author.

Author: Daston, Lorraine, 1951-

Edition Statement:New edition.

ImprintPrinceton : Princeton University Press, 2023.

Descriptionxxvi, 423 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Note:"Originally ... a doctoral dissertation submitted to the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University."--Preface, page xvii.

Note:The prehistory of the classical interpretation of probability: expectation and evidence -- Expectation and the reasonable man -- The theory and practice of risk -- Associationism and the meaning of probability -- The probability of causes -- Moralizing mathematics.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-412) and index.

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