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Foundations of Bayesianism

By David Corfield , Jon Williamson , David Corfield (auth.) , Jon Williamson (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2001
ISBN
978-90-481-5920-8, 978-94-017-1586-7
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-1586-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12578086 bytes)
Series
Applied Logic Series 24
Edition
1
Pages
416\418
Topic
Mathematics Logic
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
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Description

Foundations of Bayesianism is an authoritative collection of papers addressing the key challenges that face the Bayesian interpretation of probability today. Some of these papers seek to clarify the relationships between Bayesian, causal and logical reasoning. Others consider the application of Bayesianism to artificial intelligence, decision theory, statistics and the philosophy of science and mathematics. The volume includes important criticisms of Bayesian reasoning and also gives an insight into some of the points of disagreement amongst advocates of the Bayesian approach. The upshot is a plethora of new problems and directions for Bayesians to pursue. The book will be of interest to graduate students or researchers who wish to learn more about Bayesianism than can be provided by introductory textbooks to the subject. Those involved with the applications of Bayesian reasoning will find essential discussion on the validity of Bayesianism and its limits, while philosophers and others interested in pure reasoning will find new ideas on normativity and the logic of belief.

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