Spielraumn.
/ˈʃpiːlraʊm/ Philosophy.
The range of possibilities (originally in probability theory) within which the probability of an outcome or likelihood of a hypothesis is to be assessed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > theoretical scientific philosophy > [noun] > probability theory or elements of
Spielraum1921
proposal1932
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical truth > [noun] > terms relating to probability theory
equiprobability1921
Spielraum1921
probabilism1929
proposal1932
probabilification1936
1921 J. M. Keynes Treat. Probability vii. 88 Briefly..he [sc. von Kries] may be said to hold that the hypotheses for the probabilities of which we wish to obtain a numerical comparison, must refer to ‘fields’ (Spielräume).
1937 Mind 46 486 In this connexion he criticises von Kries's ‘Spielraum’-theory of probability.
1944 Horizon 9 235 I propose to borrow from a theory of probability the concept of a spielraum. In connection with the judgments we make about freedom, this metaphor of a playing~space can be applied in three ways.
1961 J. N. Findlay Values & Intentions iii. 111 The image of a Spielraum or space of possibilities seems..indispensable to the full development of partial belief.
1969 P. Geach God & Soul vii. 97 There has to be this element of chance in things if human choices are to have any Spielraum.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
<
n.1921