Keynes’s probability: An introduction to the theory of logical groups

Strati, Francesco (2012): Keynes’s probability: An introduction to the theory of logical groups. Published in: Post Keynesian Study Group, Cambridge

Abstract

The present work is intended to be an informal introduction to the theory of abstract logi- cal groups. This particular formalization stems from some concepts of abstract algebra and the Johnson-Keynes’s theory of groups. Therefore the aim of this paper is that of provide the readers with the logical reasoning behind this brand new theory. I shall depict the philosophical notions as bases of the Keynes’s probability and then I shall explain it in terms of group. Furthermore we shall see, albeit roughly, a first definition of abstract groups.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Abstract algebraic logic, Keynes’s probability
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E1 - General Aggregative Models > E12 - Keynes ; Keynesian ; Post-Keynesian; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B1 - History of Economic Thought through 1925 > B16 - Quantitative and Mathematical; D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D80 - General

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