A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities

A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities
Author	Pierre-Simon Laplace
Original title	Essai philosophique sur les probabilités
Translator	Frederick Wilson Truscott and Frederick Lincoln Emory
Subject	Theory of probability
Publisher	John Wiley & Son, Chapman & Hall
Original text	Essai philosophique sur les probabilités at French Wikisource
Translation	A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities at Wikisource
Website	https://bayes.wustl.edu/Manual/laplace_A_philosophical_essay_on_probabilities.pdf

A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities is a work by Pierre-Simon Laplace on the mathematical theory of probability.^[1]^[2]^[3] The book consists of two parts, the first with five chapters and the second with thirteen.^[1]

Games of Chance
Concerning the Unknown Inequalities which may Exist among Chances Supposed to be Equal
Concerning the Laws of Probability which result from the Indefinite Multiplication of Events
Application of the Calculus of Probabilities to Natural Philosophy
Application of the Calculus of Probabilities to the Moral Sciences
Concerning the Probability of Testimonies
Concerning the Selections and Deliberations of Assemblies
Concerning the Probability of the Judgements of Tribunals
Concerning Tables of Mortality, and the Mean Durations of Life, Marriage and Some Assemblies
Concerning the Benefits of Institutions which Depend on the Probability of Events
Concerning Illusions in the Estimation of Probabilities
Concerning the Various Means of Approaching Certainty
Historical Note of the Calculus of Probabilities to 1816

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Laplace, Pierre-Simon. A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities (PDF). Translated by Trruscott, Frederick Wilson; Emory, Frederick Lincoln. John Wiley & Son and Chapman & Hall.
^ "Philosophical Essay on Probabilities - work by Laplace". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
^ "Figures from the History of Probability and Statistics". Figures from the History of Probability and Statistics. Retrieved 2021-04-09.

External links

The full text of A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities at Wikisource
A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities at Project Gutenberg
A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities at Internet Archive

[wustl-a-philosophical-essay-1] Laplace, Pierre-Simon. A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities (PDF). Translated by Trruscott, Frederick Wilson; Emory, Frederick Lincoln. John Wiley & Son and Chapman & Hall.

[britannica-a-philosophical-essay-2] "Philosophical Essay on Probabilities - work by Laplace". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-04-09.

[figures-laplace-3] "Figures from the History of Probability and Statistics". Figures from the History of Probability and Statistics. Retrieved 2021-04-09.

[1]

[2]

[3]

A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities

Table of Contents

References

External links