Abstract
This paper argues for the status of formal probability theory as a mathematical, rather than a scientific, theory. David Freedman and Philip Stark’s concept of model based probabilities is examined and is used as a bridge between the formal theory and applications.
Information
Published: 1 January 2008
First available in Project Euclid: 7 April 2008
zbMATH: 1167.60302
MathSciNet: MR2459945
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/193940307000000347
Subjects:
Primary:
62A01
Keywords:
David Freedman
,
Kolmogorov
,
models
,
Poisson process
,
probability theory
Rights: Copyright © 2008, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
