SUBJECTIVITY IN PHILOSOPHY.—A REPLY

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Subjectivity in Risk Analysis

Risk values are arrived at via the process of risk analysis. In many quarters, this is assumed to be objective, and its results the risk values to be correct. Yet, as will be shown in subsequent sections of this report, all stages of the process involve subjectivity, in some cases to a considerable extent. Always there is reliance on judgement, and, as in all cases in which judgement is called ...

Subjectivity in Inductive Inference

This paper examines circumstances under which subjectivity enhances the effectiveness of inductive reasoning. We consider a game in which Fate chooses a data generating process and agents are characterized by inference rules that may be purely objective (or data-based) or may incorporate subjective considerations. The basic intuition is that agents who invoke no subjective considerations are do...

Subjectivity in Stylistic Assessment

Subjectivity In Incentive Pay