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Comment author: tofu257 16 June 2013 03:07:23PM * 2 points [-]

Does anyone want to make a small study group to read one of these books at a relatively slow pace?

Causality: Models, Reasoning and Inference
Probability Theory: The Logic of Science (Gelman has been recommended over Jaynes here I'm flexible but I'd rather read Jaynes)
Martin Peterson - An Introduction to Decision Theory
Anything else similar/LW relevant

I've been meaning to read these (which I learned about from LW) for a long time and just now have the time.

Causality looks like the best option: the entire first edition is freely avaiable on Pearls site here. There is an overview of 2nd ed. chapters here

Comment author: rocurley 16 June 2013 05:44:58PM 1 point [-]

I've been meaning to read Causality for a long time now: I'd be interested.

Comment author: tofu257 18 June 2013 10:02:07PM 0 points [-]

Do you have any views on edition 1 vs edition 2? My library doesn't have ed 2 so I'm wondering whether the differences are important.

Comment author: rocurley 19 June 2013 05:56:37AM 0 points [-]

Not quite sure what you're asking: I haven't read either, so I don't really have anything to say about the two?