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Infinitesimal Probabilities

1 Introduction; 2 The Limits of Classical Probability Theory:   2.1 Classical probability functions;   2.2 Limitations;   2.3 Infinitesimals to the rescue? 3 NAP Theory:   3.1 First four axioms of NAP;   3.2 Continuity and conditional probability;   3.3 The final axiom of NAP;   3.4 Infinite sums;  ...

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Autores principales: Benci, Vieri, Horsten, Leon, Wenmackers, Sylvia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6012604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29977092
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axw013
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description 1 Introduction; 2 The Limits of Classical Probability Theory:   2.1 Classical probability functions;   2.2 Limitations;   2.3 Infinitesimals to the rescue? 3 NAP Theory:   3.1 First four axioms of NAP;   3.2 Continuity and conditional probability;   3.3 The final axiom of NAP;   3.4 Infinite sums;   3.5 Definition of NAP functions via infinite sums;   3.6 Relation to numerosity theory; 4 Objections and Replies:   4.1 Cantor and the Archimedean property;   4.2 Ticket missing from an infinite lottery;   4.3 Williamson’s infinite sequence of coin tosses;   4.4 Point sets on a circle;   4.5 Easwaran and Pruss; 5 Dividends:   5.1 Measure and utility;   5.2 Regularity and uniformity;   5.3 Credence and chance;   5.4 Conditional probability; 6 General Considerations:   6.1 Non-uniqueness;   6.2 Invariance. Appendix .
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spelling pubmed-60126042018-07-05 Infinitesimal Probabilities Benci, Vieri Horsten, Leon Wenmackers, Sylvia Br J Philos Sci Articles 1 Introduction; 2 The Limits of Classical Probability Theory:   2.1 Classical probability functions;   2.2 Limitations;   2.3 Infinitesimals to the rescue? 3 NAP Theory:   3.1 First four axioms of NAP;   3.2 Continuity and conditional probability;   3.3 The final axiom of NAP;   3.4 Infinite sums;   3.5 Definition of NAP functions via infinite sums;   3.6 Relation to numerosity theory; 4 Objections and Replies:   4.1 Cantor and the Archimedean property;   4.2 Ticket missing from an infinite lottery;   4.3 Williamson’s infinite sequence of coin tosses;   4.4 Point sets on a circle;   4.5 Easwaran and Pruss; 5 Dividends:   5.1 Measure and utility;   5.2 Regularity and uniformity;   5.3 Credence and chance;   5.4 Conditional probability; 6 General Considerations:   6.1 Non-uniqueness;   6.2 Invariance. Appendix . Oxford University Press 2018-06 2016-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6012604/ /pubmed/29977092 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axw013 Text en © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Society for the Philosophy of Science. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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