A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities explained

A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities
Author:Pierre-Simon Laplace
Title Orig:Essai philosophique sur les probabilités
Orig Lang Code:fr
Translator:Frederick Wilson Truscott and Frederick Lincoln Emory
Subject:Theory of probability
Publisher:John Wiley & Son
Publisher2:Chapman & Hall
Native Wikisource:Essai philosophique sur les probabilités
Wikisource:A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities
Website:https://bayes.wustl.edu/Manual/laplace_A_philosophical_essay_on_probabilities.pdf

A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities is a work by Pierre-Simon Laplace on the mathematical theory of probability.[1] [2] [3] The book consists of two parts, the first with five chapters and the second with thirteen.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Concerning Probability
  3. General Principles of the Calculus of Probability
  4. Concerning Hope
  5. Analytical Methods of the Calculus of Probability
  1. Games of Chance
  2. Concerning the Unknown Inequalities which may Exist among Chances Supposed to be Equal
  3. Concerning the Laws of Probability which result from the Indefinite Multiplication of Events
  4. Application of the Calculus of Probabilities to Natural Philosophy
  5. Application of the Calculus of Probabilities to the Moral Sciences
  6. Concerning the Probability of Testimonies
  7. Concerning the Selections and Deliberations of Assemblies
  8. Concerning the Probability of the Judgements of Tribunals
  9. Concerning Tables of Mortality, and the Mean Durations of Life, Marriage and Some Assemblies
  10. Concerning the Benefits of Institutions which Depend on the Probability of Events
  11. Concerning Illusions in the Estimation of Probabilities
  12. Concerning the Various Means of Approaching Certainty
  13. Historical Note of the Calculus of Probabilities to 1816

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Laplace, Pierre-Simon. A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities. John Wiley & Son and Chapman & Hall. Trruscott. Frederick Wilson. Emory. Frederick Lincoln.
  2. Web site: Philosophical Essay on Probabilities - work by Laplace. 2021-04-09. Encyclopædia Britannica.
  3. Web site: Figures from the History of Probability and Statistics. 2021-04-09. Figures from the History of Probability and Statistics.

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