In defence of objective Bayesianism
By: Jon Williamson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780199228003
Description: Objective Bayesianism is a methodological theory that is currently applied in statistics, philosophy, artificial intelligence, physics and other sciences. This book develops the formal and philosophical foundations of the theory, at a level accessible to a graduate student with some familiarity with mathematical notation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-182) and index.
Table of contents: title: Objective Bayesianism outlined; title: Objective Bayesian theory; title: Criticisms of objective Bayesianism; title: Evidence, language, and rationality; title: Objective Bayesianism; title: Desiderata for a theory of probability; title: From Jakob Bernoulli to Edwin Jaynes; title: A characterization of objective Bayesianism; title: Motivation; title: Beliefs and bets; title: Probability; title: Calibration; title: Equivocation; title: Radical subjectivism; title: Updating; title: Objective and subjective Bayesian updating.