The concept of measure, from Plato to modern statistics. Art of living or intellectual principle?
This paper purports to show that the statistical concept of "measure" was advanced right from the origins of western thought: from the philosophical speculation of Plato, to the harmonic numerical relationships of Pythagoras. We must wait until the sixteenth century for a modern definition...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Bologna
2007-10-01
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| Series: | Statistica |
| Online Access: | http://rivista-statistica.unibo.it/article/view/89 |