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The Scope of Bayesianism

2022-04-30

Speaker: Daniel RothschildProfessor of Philosophy of Language at University College London

Venue: Zoom meeting ID: 2829014273

Abstract: 

Many proponents of Bayesianism it as giving general norms governing how we should revise our beliefs in the light of new evidence. I argue for skepticism about the scope of Bayesian norms, arguing that their range of application may be restricted to a rather narrow range of cases. I examine other ways in which Bayesianism may be taken as a guide to our doxastic processes.