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 [...]

Read Full Post »

In a new BJPS paper (March 2009), I argue that a probabilistic relationship that Wayne Myrvold (1996) discusses, which I call focused correlation, is a (qualified) rebuttal to Eric Olsson’s claim that there is no informative link between ‘truth conduciveness’ (i.e., positive confirmation) and coherence (i.e., positive association). The basic idea is that association alone [...]

Read Full Post »