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A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities

A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities is a work by Pierre-Simon Laplace on the mathematical theory of probability. The book consists of two parts, the first with five chapters and the second with thirteen. (Wikipedia).

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What Is Probability? Difficulties Understanding Probability

Professor David Wallace discusses the nature of probability and some of the philosophical puzzles that arise regarding how to understand and make sense of probability. He begins by distinguishing between subjective probabilities (which are about our beliefs) and objective probabilities (wh

From playlist Logic & Philosophy of Mathematics

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Why “probability of 0” does not mean “impossible” | Probabilities of probabilities, part 2

An introduction to probability density functions Help fund future projects: https://www.patreon.com/3blue1brown An equally valuable form of support is to simply share some of the videos. Special thanks to these supporters: http://3b1b.co/thanks Curious about measure theory? This does r

From playlist Probabilities of probabilities

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Intro to Probabilities Part 2

An AP Statistics lecture introducing probabilities, randomness, Law of Large Numbers, Probability Model, Tree Diagram, 5 Rules of Probability,etc. Find free review test, useful notes and more at http://www.mathplane.com If you'd like to make a donation to support my efforts look for the "T

From playlist AP Statistics

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Intro to Probabilities Part 3

An AP Statistics lecture introducing probabilities, randomness, Law of Large Numbers, Probability Model, Tree Diagram, 5 Rules of Probability,etc. Find free review test, useful notes and more at http://www.mathplane.com If you'd like to make a donation to support my efforts look for the "T

From playlist AP Statistics

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Teach Astronomy - Probability

http://www.teachastronomy.com/ Science does not deal in certainty. Because science is based on observations, and observations always have their limitations, science cannot make certain statements. However, science can make statements that are true to a high degree of precision or with a

From playlist 01. Fundamentals of Science and Astronomy

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Intro to Probabilities Part 1

An AP Statistics lecture introducing probabilities, randomness, Law of Large Numbers, Probability Model, Tree Diagram, 5 Rules of Probability,etc. Check out http://www.ProfRobBob.com, there you will find my lessons organized by class/subject and then by topics within each class. Find free

From playlist AP Statistics

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Probabiilty spaces, events and conditional probabilities | Probability and Statistics

We now introduce some more formal structures to talk about probabillities: first the idea of a sample space S--the possible outcomes of an experiment, and then the idea of a probability measure P on such a sample space. Together these two (S,P) make what we call a probability space. An e

From playlist Probability and Statistics: an introduction

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What is a conditional probability?

An introduction to the concept of conditional probabilities via a simple 2 dimensional discrete example. If you are interested in seeing more of the material, arranged into a playlist, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFDbGp5YzjqXQ4oE4w9GVWdiokWB9gEpm For more inform

From playlist Bayesian statistics: a comprehensive course

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Describing Probabilities using Words or on a Number Line

"Describe probabilities using either worded terms such as "Likely" or placed on a number line between 0 and 1."

From playlist Data Handling: Probability

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5 Varieties of Philosophical Skepticism - Hilary Putnam

In this fifth lecture, James Conant continues to discuss and contrast Cartesian skepticism with Kantian skepticism, and does so by discussing the work of Hilary Putnam and John McDowell. In this series of lectures on varieties of philosophical skepticism, James Conant distinguishes betwee

From playlist Varieties of Philosophical Skepticism - Cartesian vs Kantian

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The Two Silos: Literature, Science, and Agents of Overlap in Twenty-first-century Science Studies

The Franke Visiting Fellow Lecture with Steven Meyer, Washington University "The Two Silos: Literature, Science, and Agents of Overlap in Twenty-first-century Science Studies" Steven Meyer teaches English and American literature and modern intellectual history at Washington University in

From playlist Whitney Humanities Center

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1 The "Representational" Theory of Knowledge - Reid's Critique of Hume (Dan Robinson)

Professor Dan Robinson gives the first in a series of 8 lectures on Thomas Reid's critique of David Hume at Oxford in 2014. Hume defends the thesis according to which “ALL THE PERCEPTIONS OF THE HUMAN MIND RESOLVE THEMSELVES INTO…IMPRESSIONS AND IDEAS”. Accordingly, “We may prosecute this

From playlist Philosophy of Mind

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Franke Lectures in the Humanities, "'Thoughts That Come on Doves' Feet'

The Franke Lectures in the Humanities at the Whitney Humanities Center, "'Thoughts That Come on Doves' Feet': Philosophy as Experience in the Work of Friedrich Nietzsche" Kathleen Higgins is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas Austin. Her lecture “‘Thoughts That Come on Dov

From playlist Franke Lectures in the Humanities

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Top 10 Philosophers You Need to Know

10 philosophers you need to know if you want to engage with the world today - we're talking politics, race, trans rights, ethics metaphysics, art, culture, and more! Subscribe! http://tinyurl.com/pr99a46 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube Audible: http://tinyurl.com/jn6tpup

From playlist TV, FILMS, & BOOKS

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Hannah Arendt on Thinking & the Political

This is a re-upload of a talk given by Danielle Celermajer on Hannah Arendt a few years back. I fixed up the audio a bit (i.e. so that the audio volume is relatively the same level throughout). In any case, you can find more Arendt here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE-0

From playlist Social & Political Philosophy

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Oxford 1b The Theory of Ideas

A course by Peter Millican from Oxford University. Course Description: Dr Peter Millican gives a series of lectures looking at Scottish 18th Century Philosopher David Hume and the first book of his Treatise of Human Nature. Taken from: https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/introduction-david

From playlist Oxford: Introduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One | CosmoLearning Philosophy

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15. The Postmodern Psyche

Introduction to Theory of Literature (ENGL 300) In this lecture on the postmodern psyche, Professor Paul Fry explores the work of Gilles Deleuze, and Felix Guattari. and Slavoj Žižek. The notion of the "postmodern" is defined through the use of examples in the visual arts and architectu

From playlist Introduction to Theory of Literature with Paul H. Fry

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Oxford 1a Hume's Theory of Ideas and the Faculties

A course by Peter Millican from Oxford University. Course Description: Dr Peter Millican gives a series of lectures looking at Scottish 18th Century Philosopher David Hume and the first book of his Treatise of Human Nature. Taken from: https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/introduction-david

From playlist Oxford: Introduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One | CosmoLearning Philosophy

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RubyConf 2010 - Programming and minimalism: lessons from Orwell and the Clash by: Jonathan Dahl

Programming is writing. A programmer's job is to express abstract ideas in a specific language - just like the poet, the essayist, and the composer. But while writers and composers spend years improving their style, many programmers think style stops with "two-space indentation". This need

From playlist RubyConf 2010

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Digging into Data: Probability Review

An overview of the course and data science. To be viewed before the first class on February 3, 2014.

From playlist Digging into Data

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