Robert Royston Amos (Robin) Coombs. 9 January 1921 — 25 January 2006

Dr. Nasser Maleki (January 25, 1953 – January 6, 2012)

dr. nasser maleki (january 25, 1953 – january 6, 2012)

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Philosophia Mathematica Advance Access published January 9 , 2006

Subjective Probability: The Real Thing is the last book written by the late Richard Jeffrey, a key proponent of the Bayesian interpretation of probability. Bayesians hold that probability is a mental notion: saying that the probability of rain is 0.7 is just saying that you believe it will rain to degree 0.7. Degrees of belief are themselves cashed out in terms of bets— in this case you conside...

Philosophia Mathematica Advance Access published January 9 , 2006

This is a critical analysis of the first part of Gödel’s 1951 Gibbs lecture on certain philosophical consequences of the incompleteness theorems. Gödel’s discussion is framed in terms of a distinction between objective mathematics and subjective mathematics, according to which the former consists of the truths of mathematics in an absolute sense, and the latter consists of all humanly demonstra...

Science 6 January 2006:Vol

Depression is a mood continuum, ranging from normal but temporary "bad days" to a completely disabling clinical condition characterized by overwhelming despair that lasts for weeks or months. A popular theory is that a breakdown in signaling by the brain neurotransmitter serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) is critically involved in the symptoms of clinical depression, but the nature of this d...