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Stephan Hartmann

Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München
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  • Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München
    Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Study of Religion
    Regular Faculty
Universität Giessen
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1995
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Areas of Specialization
Epistemology
Philosophy of Physical Science
Philosophy of Probability
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
General Philosophy of Science
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Social Science
Philosophy of Computing and Information
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    Probabilities, Laws and Structure (edited book)
    with D. Dieks, S. Hartmann, T. Uebel, and M. Weber
    Springer. 2012.
    This conception of natural kinds might be dubbed a 'structural kinds' view. It is the conception of kinds offered by ExtOSR within a Humean framework. To invoke structural kinds also means to invoke structural laws. For laws generalize over ...
    Hume: Laws of Nature
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    Bayesian Epistemology
    with Alan Hájek
    In DancyJ (ed.), A Companion to Epistemology, Blackwell. 2010.
    Bayesianism is our leading theory of uncertainty. Epistemology is defined as the theory of knowledge. So “Bayesian Epistemology” may sound like an oxymoron. Bayesianism, after all, studies the properties and dynamics of degrees of belief, understood to be probabilities. Traditional epistemology, on the other hand, places the singularly non-probabilistic notion of knowledge at centre stage, and to the extent that it traffics in belief, that notion does not come in degrees. So how can there be a B…Read more
    Bayesianism is our leading theory of uncertainty. Epistemology is defined as the theory of knowledge. So “Bayesian Epistemology” may sound like an oxymoron. Bayesianism, after all, studies the properties and dynamics of degrees of belief, understood to be probabilities. Traditional epistemology, on the other hand, places the singularly non-probabilistic notion of knowledge at centre stage, and to the extent that it traffics in belief, that notion does not come in degrees. So how can there be a Bayesian epistemology?
    Formal Epistemology, MiscEpistemological Theories, MiscBayesian Reasoning, MiscRené DescartesBlaise …Read more
    Formal Epistemology, MiscEpistemological Theories, MiscBayesian Reasoning, MiscRené DescartesBlaise Pascal17th/18th Century French Philosophy, Misc
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