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Wilson admitted in private correspondence in 1923 with Francis Ysidro Edgeworth that he should not have attempted his review of the A Treatise on Probability (1921) in 1923.The reason Wilson gave to Edgeworth in his correspondence was exactly the same as the reason Edgeworth gave Wilson as the reason Edgeworth was writing to Wilson-a lack of understanding about what Keynes was doing in Part II of the A Treatise on Probability. What Keynes had done, of course, was revolutionary. Keynes had built on the earlier, logical theory of Boole .Keynes erected a general theory of probability where numerical probabilities appeared as a special case when the weight of the evidence, w, defined on the unit interval[0,1],where a w=1 defined a complete evidence set upon which to base a decision maker's estimates of probability, equaled ,approximated or approached 1 .w measured the completeness of the evidence. If the weight of the evidence equaled 1 and the decision maker had linear probability preferences, then precise, exact, numerical probabilities could be calculated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Beyond Moral Judgment," by Alice Crary.

Books reviewed: Marc Lange, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics: Locality, Fields, Energy, and Mass Nicholas Maxwell, The Human World in the Physical Universe: Consciousness, Free Will, and Evolution [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book 'Moral Theory and Anomaly,' by Tom Sorell.

The article reviews the exhibition "Rape" at the East Carolina University Gray Art Gallery in Greenville, North Carolina, from November 2 to December 8, 1986.

A review of the book "The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Emotion," edited by Peter Goldie is presented.

The article reviews the book "Adulthood: New Terrain," edited by Mary Alice Wolf.

The article reviews the book "The Grey House Transportation Security Directory & Handbook," edited by Kathleen M. Sweet.

Reviews the book "Virtue Ethics: A Pluralistic View," by Christine Swanton.

Reviews the book "The Open Society Paradox: Why the 21st Century Calls for More Openness, Not Less," by Dennis Bailey.

Reviews the book "Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World," by Bruce Schneier.

The article reviews the book "Improving Your Measurement of Customer Satisfaction: A Guide to Creating, Conducting, Analyzing and Reporting Customer Satisfaction Measurement Programs," by Terry G. Vavra.

Reviews the book `Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See,' by Donald D. Hoffman.

Reviews the book `Three-Dimensional Computer Vision: A Geometric Viewpoint,' by Olivier Faugeras.