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Taxonomy of Probability

Interpretations of Probability

Hierarchy of generality

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Taxonomy



Classical
(Laplace)


Frequency
(von Mises)


Propensity
(Popper)


                     Bayesian
                     /      \
                    /        \
                   /          \
                  /            \
             objective      subjective
              /    \     (Ramsey, de Finetti)
             /      \
            /        \
           /          \
          /            \
         /              \
     logical         empirical
(Carnap, Jaynes)   (Reichenbach)


Mathematical
(Kolmogorov)


Notes