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Bayesian coherentismSynthese 198 (10): 9563-9590. 2020.This paper considers a problem for Bayesian epistemology and proposes a solution to it. On the traditional Bayesian framework, an agent updates her beliefs by Bayesian conditioning, a rule that tells her how to revise her beliefs whenever she gets evidence that she holds with certainty. In order to extend the framework to a wider range of cases, Jeffrey (1965) proposed a more liberal version of this rule that has Bayesian conditioning as a special case. Jeffrey conditioning is a rule that tells …Read more
University Of Missouri
Department Of Philosophy
Alumnus
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Epistemology |
Science, Logic, and Mathematics |
Philosophy of Medicine |
Areas of Interest
Formal Epistemology |
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |
Philosophy of Religion |
PhilPapers Editorships
Coherentism |
Coherentism, Misc |
Epistemology of Specific Domains |