Bruno Di Finetti by Maria Carla Galavotti

Bruno Di Finetti by Maria Carla Galavotti

This volume sheds new light on the multifarious personality of Bruno de Finetti and his outstanding contributions not only to probability and statistics, but also to economics and philosophy. Rather than focusing on de Finetti's technical work on probability, the essays collected here address the philosophy underpinning all of de Finetti's writings, a view Richard Jeffrey labelled radical probabilism. Special attention is devoted to de Finetti's ideas on economics, which are inspired by the same philosophical approach, while an effort is made to highlight some lesser known aspects of de Finetti's production. The volume ends with an Appendix on de Finetti's book L'invenzione della verita (The invention of truth), written in 1934 and published in 2006, which contains an extensive presentation of de Finetti's philosophical viewpoint, revolving around the idea that our knowledge is the product of human thought, which in such enterprise is guided by considerations of utility, rather than metaphysical principles.

Galavotti, Maria Carla: - Maria Carla Galavotti is professor of philosophy of science in the department of philosophy at the University of Bologna.
Roberto Scazzieri is professor of economic analysis in the department of economics at the University of Bologna.
Patrick Suppes is Lucie Stern professor emeritus of philosophy at Stanford University.

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ISBN 13	9781904987420
ISBN 10	1904987427
Title	Bruno Di Finetti
Author	Maria Carla Galavotti
Series	Philosophy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	College Publications
Year published	2008-10-10
Number of pages	288
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