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Subjective probabilities

admissible in science?

Mario Bunge

pp. 105-113

Abstract

Bayesianism is the opinion that probabilities are a matter of opinion. This is because they would only measure the strength of our beliefs (De Finetti 1972; Jeffreys 1975; Keynes 1957; Savage 1954). That view is generally known as Bayesianism because of its heavy reliance on a certain interpretation of Bayes' theorem, a piece of pure mathematics that actually refers neither to the knowing subject nor to the real world.

Publication details

Published in:

Bunge Mario (2012) Evaluating philosophies. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 105-113

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4408-0_11

Full citation:

Bunge Mario (2012) Subjective probabilities: admissible in science?, In: Evaluating philosophies, Dordrecht, Springer, 105–113.