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Radical probabilism

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Radical probabilism is a hypothesis in philosophy, in particular epistemology, and probability theory that holds that no facts are known for certain. That view holds profound implications for statistical inference. The philosophy is particularly associated with Richard Jeffrey who wittily characterised it with the dictum "It's probabilities all the way down."

Radical probabilism - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hypothesis in epistemological philosophy Radical probabilism is a hypothesis in philosophy , in particular epistemology , and probability theory that holds that no facts are known for certain. That view holds profound implications for statistical inference . The philosophy is particularly associated with Richard Jeffrey who wittily characterised it with the dictum "It's probabilities all the way down ." Background [ edit ] Main article: Subjective probability Bayes' theorem states a rule for updating a probab

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