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Saikia rupam haloi june 10, 20 department of mathematical sciences tezpur university napaam784028, india. It is perhaps a partial reflection of this situation that the two most popular philosophical theories of probability of the present time are the ultraobjective propensity theory, which sees probability as part of the material world, and the subjective theory, which makes probability a measure of the personal belief of a particular individual. Philosophical theories of probability article pdf available in philosophical books 44. Early accounts and the birth of mathematical probability.
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