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Naturalness as a Constraint on Priors.

Authors :
Bradley, Darren
Source :
Mind. Jan2020, Vol. 129 Issue 513, p179-203. 25p.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Many epistemological problems can be solved by the objective Bayesian view that there are rationality constraints on priors, that is, inductive probabilities. But attempts to work out these constraints have run into such serious problems that many have rejected objective Bayesianism altogether. I argue that the epistemologist should borrow the metaphysician's concept of naturalness and assign higher priors to more natural hypotheses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00264423
Volume :
129
Issue :
513
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Mind
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
141401990
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzz027