Bayesianism and Language Change
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چکیده
Bayesian probability is normally defined over a fixed language or event space. But in practice language is susceptible to change, and the question naturally arises as to how Bayesian degrees of belief should change as language changes. I argue here that this question poses a serious challenge to Bayesianism. The Bayesian may be able to meet this challenge however, and I outline a practical method for changing degrees of belief over changes in finite propositional languages.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of Logic, Language and Information
دوره 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003