Probabilistic induction and Hume's problem: Reply to Lange

被引:3
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作者
Okasha, S [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ York, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, England
[2] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
来源
PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY | 2003年 / 53卷 / 212期
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D O I
10.1111/1467-9213.00322
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
Marc Lange has criticized my assertion that relative to a Bayesian conception of inductive reasoning, Hume's argument for inductive scepticism cannot be run. I reply that the way in which Lange suggests one should run the Humean argument in a Bayesian framework ignores the fact that in Bayesian models of learning from experience, the domain of an agent's probability measure is exogenously determined. I also show that Lange is incorrect to equate probability distributions which 'support inductive inferences' with probabiliy distributions which assign probabiliy to contingent propositions/events.
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页码:419 / 424
页数:6
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