In defence of objective Bayesianism

Posted in Epistemic Coherence, Formal Philosophy, Objective Probability, de Finetti on May 17th, 2010

Here’s a plug for my new book! In defence of objective Bayesianism How strongly should you believe the various propositions that you can express? That is the key question facing Bayesian epistemology. Subjective Bayesians hold that it is largely (though not entirely) up to the agent as to which degrees of belief to adopt. Objective [...]

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Epsilon-Exchangeability?

Posted in Exchangeability, de Finetti on Feb 12th, 2010

Eventually here, I want to share some thoughts and a question that I have had lately pertaining to de Finetti’s notion of exchangeability. First, however, I want to set the stage for these thoughts by providing some background. If you are already informed on the basic points pertaining to de Finetti’s representation theorem and its [...]

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