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Quitting certainties : a Bayesian framework modeling degrees of belief / Michael G. Titelbaum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Titelbaum, Michael G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Belief and doubt--Mathematical models.
- Belief and doubt.
- Bayesian statistical decision theory.
- Probabilities.
- Causation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 345 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Bayesian framework modeling degrees of belief
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Michael G. Titelbaum presents a Bayesian framework for modelling rational degrees of belief - the first of its kind to represent rational requirements on agents who undergo certainty loss. He compares the framework to alternative solutions, and applies it to cases in epistemology, decision theory, the theory of identity, and quantum mechanics.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Going modeling
- pt. 2. Elements of CLF
- pt. 3. Memory loss
- pt. 4. Context-sensitivity
- pt. 5. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-968760-9
- 1-283-93773-5
- 0-19-163291-0
- OCLC:
- 922972102
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