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The Equation of Knowledge: From Bayes' Rule to a Unified Philosophy of Science.

Authors :
Lipovetsky, Stan
Source :
Technometrics. Feb2021, Vol. 63 Issue 1, p140-143. 4p.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

In the cumulative process of integration of New collected data to refine the credence of the Theory, the Bayesian inference or update is presented as follows: Graph HT <math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><mi>P</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>T</mi><mo>|</mo><mtext>News and</mtext><mi>D</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>=</mo><mfrac><mrow><mi>P</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mtext>News</mtext><mo>|</mo><mi>T</mi><mtext>and</mtext><mi>D</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mi>P</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>T</mi><mo>|</mo><mi>D</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>P</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mtext>News</mtext><mo>|</mo><mi>D</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></mfrac><mo>,</mo></mrow></math> ht where I T i and I D i denote the Theory and Data, respectively. [Extracted from the article]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00401706
Volume :
63
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Technometrics
Publication Type :
Review
Accession number :
148344402
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/00401706.2020.1864999