This course introduces the basic concepts, tools, and techniques of probability and inductive logic. Topics to be covered include: calculating probabilities; chance and risk; paradoxes of decision; theories of probability; probability statistics; the philosophical problem of induction; anthropic reasoning and the simulation hypothesis.
This course introduces the basic concepts, tools, and techniques of probability and inductive logic. Topics to be covered include: calculating probabilities; chance and risk; paradoxes of decision; theories of probability; probability statistics; the philosophical problem of induction; anthropic reasoning and the simulation hypothesis.
