Edgeworth on Chance, Economic Hazard, and Statistics

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ISBN: 9780847677511 | 0847677516
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/29/1994

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Among the early neo-classical economists, Francis Edgeworth is known as one of the most brilliant. Mirowski has created an intellectual biography of this key figure that is unprecedented in scope.

Introductory Essay: Marshalling the Unruly Atoms: Understanding Edgeworth's Career	p. 1
Edgeworth's Neglected Book	p. 81
Metretike, or The Method of Measuring Probability and Utility	p. 81
Appendix I, "On the Method of Least Squares"	p. 115
Selections from Edgeworth's Published Papers	p. 125
"Mr. Leslie Stephen on Utilitarianism"	p. 125
"On the Method of Ascertaining a Change in the Value of Gold"	p. 127
"The Method of Least Squares"	p. 135
"The Physical Basis of Probability"	p. 147
"The Philosophy of Chance"	p. 149
"The Rationale of Exchange"	p. 161
"A Priori Probabilities"	p. 165
"Chance and Law"	p. 173
"The Calculus of Probabilities Applied to Psychical Research I"	p. 181
J. Venn "The Law of Error"	p. 191
F. Y. Edgeworth "The Law of Error"	p. 193
"The Empirical Proof of the Law of Error"	p. 195
"The Mathematical Theory of Banking"	p. 199
"New Methods of Measuring Variation in General Prices"	p. 211
"Statistical Correlation between Social Phenomena"	p. 227
"Supplementary Notes on Statistics"	p. 231
"On the Probable Errors of Frequency Constants"	p. 237
"Probability and Expectation"	p. 263
"On the Use of the Theory of Probabilities in Statistics Relating to Society"	p. 291
"A Variant Proof of the Distribution of Velocities in a Molecular Chaos"	p. 309
"Molecular Statistics"	p. 313
"The Philosophy Chance"	p. 327
"The Element of Probability in Index Numbers"	p. 351
Selected Book Reviews	p. 371
"Investigations in Currency and Finance"	p. 371
"Natural Inheritance"	p. 375
"Elements d'Economie Politique Pure"	p. 378
"Philosophy and Political Economy in some of their Historical Relations"	p. 381
"Principii di Statistica Metodologica"	p. 386
"Laws of Wages: An Essay in Statistical Economics"	p. 392
"A Reply to Professor Edgeworth's Review of Professor H. L. Moore's 'Law of Wages'"	p. 396
"Scope and Methods of Statistics"	p. 404
"The Change in the Distribution of the National Income, 1880-1913"	p. 410
"A Treatise on Probability"	p. 412
"Die Statistischen Forschungsmethoden"	p. 418
"A Mathematical Theory of Evolution based on the Conclusions of Dr. J. C. Willis"	p. 422
Selected Unpublished Correspondence	p. 428
Henry Ludwell Moore	p. 428
Edwin Bidwell Wilson	p. 433
Bibliography	p. 441
Index	p. 455
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