Epistemic Utility
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I investigate two limitations of common approaches to the alethic aspect of epistemic rationality. These approaches are either normative (what a reasoner ought to/may believe?) or evaluative (how rational is a reasoner?), where... more
in The Reasoner, Vol. 9, 2015
We use a theorem from Schervish (1989) to explain the relationship between accuracy and practical success. If an agent is pragmatically rational, she'll quantify the expected loss of her credence with a strictly proper scoring rule. Which... more
According to epistemic utility theory, epistemic rationality is teleological: epistemic norms are instrumental norms that have the aim of acquiring accuracy. What’s definitive of these norms is that they can be expected to lead to the... more
This is a paper for a symposium on Richard Pettigrew's "Accuracy and the Laws of Credence." Pettigrew offers new axiomatic constraints on legitimate measures of inaccuracy. His most interesting axiom, which he calls Decomposition,... more
Bayesian epistemologists support the norms of probabilism and conditionalization using Dutch book and accuracy arguments. These arguments assume that rationality requires agents to maximize practical or epistemic value in every doxastic... more
According to epistemic utility theory, epistemic rationality is teleological: epistemic norms are instrumental norms that have the aim of acquiring accuracy. What’s definitive of these norms is that they can be expected to lead to the... more
Umas das principais dificuldades associadas à interpretação Everettiana da mecânica quântica é a de fazer sentido da noção de probabilidade. Não está claro como poderia haver probabilidades num contexto em que não haveria incerteza ou... more