Random Thoughts about Randomness
Boston studies in the philosophy of sciencePublished 1 January 1974
I. J. Good
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Abstract
In this paper I shall bring together some philosophical and logical ideas about randomness many of which have been said before in scattered places. For less philosophical aspects see, for example [27].
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