Probability and conditionals
Subtitle: belief revision and rational decision
By: edited by Ellery Eells, Brian Skyrms.
Contributors: Eells, Ellery.; Skyrms, Brian.; Adams, Ernest W. 1926-
Series: Cambridge studies in probability, induction, and decision theory
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Adams, Ernest W. 1926-; Probabilities.; Conditionals (Logic); Belief and doubt.; Decision making.
Description: This is a state-of-the-art collection of essays on the relation between probabilities, especially conditional probabilities, and conditionals. It provides new negative results that sharply limit the ways conditionals can be related to conditional probabilities. There are also positive ideas and results that will open up new areas of research.

The collection is intended to honor Ernest W. Adams, whose seminal work is largely responsible for creating this area of inquiry. In addition to describing, evaluating, and applying Adams's work, these contributions extend his ideas in directions he may or may not have anticipated, but that he certainly inspired. This volume should be of interest to a wide range of philosophers of science, as well as to computer scientists and linguists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Essays on probability and conditionals is intended to honor Professor Ernest W. Adams"--Introd.