Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, Volume 2
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
Seiten
1990
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-02510-0 (ISBN)
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-02510-0 (ISBN)
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Explains how to become a "good guesser." This two-volume work explores techniques of guessing, inductive reasoning, and reasoning by analogy, and the role they play in the most rigorous of deductive disciplines.
A guide to the practical art of plausible reasoning, this book has relevance in every field of intellectual activity. Professor Polya, a world-famous mathematician from Stanford University, uses mathematics to show how hunches and guesses play an important part in even the most rigorously deductive science. He explains how solutions to problems can be guessed at; good guessing is often more important than rigorous deduction in finding correct solutions. Vol. II, on Patterns of Plausible Inference, attempts to develop a logic of plausibility. What makes some evidence stronger and some weaker? How does one seek evidence that will make a suspected truth more probable? These questions involve philosophy and psychology as well as mathematics.
A guide to the practical art of plausible reasoning, this book has relevance in every field of intellectual activity. Professor Polya, a world-famous mathematician from Stanford University, uses mathematics to show how hunches and guesses play an important part in even the most rigorously deductive science. He explains how solutions to problems can be guessed at; good guessing is often more important than rigorous deduction in finding correct solutions. Vol. II, on Patterns of Plausible Inference, attempts to develop a logic of plausibility. What makes some evidence stronger and some weaker? How does one seek evidence that will make a suspected truth more probable? These questions involve philosophy and psychology as well as mathematics.
G. Polya (1887-1985) was Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.8.1990 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 312 g |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-02510-X / 069102510X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-02510-0 / 9780691025100 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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