Probability and causality. Essays in honor of Wesley C. Salmon. With an annotated bibliography by Wesley C. Salmon
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Probability and causality. Essays in honor of Wesley C. Salmon. With an annotated bibliography by Wesley C. Salmon
zbMATH Open document ID: 0773.60004
published in: Synthese Library
publication date: 1993-01-23T00:00:00Z
review text: [The articles of this volume will not be indexed individually]. This is a volume of essays in honor of Wesley Salmon. It contains an up- to-date (1988) bibliography of Salmon's works, as well as a long introductory essay by Salmon himself (``Dynamic rationality: Propensity, probability, credence''). The papers are divided into two groups: one concerns probability, causality, and modality, the other concerns probability, causality, and decision. The authors are William Morris, Agner Shimony, Ilkka Niiniluoto, James Fetzer, Wayne Davis, Brian Skyrms, Nancy Cartwright, Ellerly Eells, Elliott Sober, D. H. Mellor, Richard Jeffrey, and Paul Humphreys. The most interesting essay is Salmon's own, in which he explores the relation between personal probabilities, and frequencies and propensities. The latter are, Salmon argues, fundamental; rational degrees of conviction should conform to estimates of frequencies and propensities. The bibliography, annotated by Salmon to give the circumstances underlying each main item, is fascinating.
reviewed by: Henry E. jun. Kyburg
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60A99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60-06
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 00B15
zbMATH DE Number: 54278
zbMATH Keywords: Probability
zbMATH Keywords: Causality
zbMATH Keywords: causality
zbMATH Keywords: personal probabilities
zbMATH Keywords: rational degrees of conviction
MaRDI profile type: Publication
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 54278