Talk:List of probability topics
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About removing Kolmogorov's name from the 'foundations' section here - would everyone (including Bayesians) agree that the Kolmogorov foundations are the foundations?
Charles Matthews 09:03, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Are you trying to prove that "pure" mathematicians are those who know only mathematics?? I find this astonishing. No; virtually everyone would disagree, and find the proposition astonishing (except among "pure" mathematicians who are ignorant of this topic and don't suspect that they are ignorant). For example, see Cox's theorem (that article, as it stood when I saw it a few days ago, was flawed, but it should make clear that taking additivity as axiomatic is ridiculous), and Edwin T. Jaynes. Kolmogorov's axioms pretty much ignore foundational issues. Michael Hardy 01:14, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)
... and see also Bayesianism. Michael Hardy 01:17, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)
I'm sure that Pierce's Law belongs on here somewhere, but I'm not sure where. Would someone please add it to the appropriate section? FunnyMan3595 04:30, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Well, I'm not so sure. That page is pure logic, as it stands. If there is probability content to the Law, it ought to be added there, really, before a link from here.
Charles Matthews 07:51, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Hmm, yeah, I see what you mean... I'll take another look at it later on, 's early in the morning, math doesn't make too much sense yet.
FunnyMan3595 15:10, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Looked at it again. No clue what I was thinking, disregard.
FunnyMan3595 20:29, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)