Paradoxes in Probability Theory

• Main Author: Eckhardt, William. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Logic.; Science > Philosophy.; Distribution (Probability theory).; Mathematical statistics.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Philosophy of Science.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5140-8

Paradoxes provide a vehicle for exposing misinterpretations and misapplications of accepted principles. This book discusses seven paradoxes surrounding probability theory.� Some remain the focus of controversy; others have allegedly been solved, however the accepted solutions are demonstrably incorr...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. The Seven Paradoxes
• Chapter 2. Doomsday!
• Chapter 3. The Betting Crowd
• Chapter 4. The Simulation Argument
• Chapter 5. Newcomb's Problem
• Chapter 6. The Open Box Game
• Chapter 7. The Hadron Collider Card Experiment
• Chapter 8. The Two-Envelopes Problem
• Chapter 9. Odds and Ends
• Epilogue. Anthropic Eden.