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The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 1995 46(1):1-32; doi:10.1093/bjps/46.1.1
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Theories of Probability

Colin Howson

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK

My title is intended to recall Terence Fine's excellent survey, Theories of Probability [1973]. I shall consider some developments that have occurred in the intervening years, and try to place some of the theories he discussed in what is now a slightly longer perspective. Completeness is not something one can reasonably hope to achieve in a journal article, and any selection is bound to reflect a view of what is salient. In a subject as prone to dispute as this, there will inevitably be many who will disagree with any author's views, and I take the opportunity to apologize in advance to all such people for what they will see as the narrowness and distortion of mine.


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