Probability: the language of the people! ... the language of science??
Frank Lad
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Abstract
The modern conception of scientific method as a skeptical and value-free learning procedure is the source of the distrust and disrespect shown to science by many people today. In defiance of this conception, this lecture proposes the crucial role of beliefs and values in the conduct of scientific activity. In this mode, science can be recognised as an important component of democratic human development which involves other modes of learning about Nature as well. The conception of science as a belief-centered and value-oriented process is supported technically by the operational subjective theory of probability, developed notably through the stimulus of the eminent Italian mathematician, Bruno de Finetti.
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