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BL
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658995
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| Main Entry
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Daston, Lorraine,1951-
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| Title & Author
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Classical probability in the Enlightenment /\ Lorraine Daston.
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| Publication Statement
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Princeton, N.J. :: Princeton University Press,, c1988.
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xviii, 423 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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0691084971 (alk. paper)
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: 9780691084978 (alk. paper)
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: 9780691006444
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: 069100644X
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| Notes
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"Originally ... a doctoral dissertation submitted to the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University"--Pref.
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Includes index.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Bibliography: p. 387-412.
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| Contents
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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 -- The decline of the classical theory.
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Probabilities-- History-- 19th century.
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Science-- History-- 19th century.
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| LC Classification
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QA273.A4D37 1988
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