I have a question about relative frequency for the formal epistemologists out there. I would like to know whether the following claim is true, given either von Mises’ or Kolmogorov’s definitions of randomness: (RF) The limiting frequency of positive even … Continue reading
One of the lessons of Plantinga’s argument against evolutionary naturalism is that the mere fact that a claim is improbable on a certain piece of information doesn’t imply that the latter information is a defeater of any evidence in favor … Continue reading
Posting by me will be a bit spotty for awhile, as I’m moving this week. In the meantime, Duncan has an interesting post at Epistemic Value on Richard Jeffrey’s remarks concerning the value of knowledge. Here’s the link: Jeffrey on … Continue reading
In case you haven’t noticed, Brian’s Thoughts, Arguments and Rants has had to move to a new address. Information about it is at his new link, which is http://tar.weatherson.org/. … Continue reading
Here are the top-read posts for last month (number 4 was the Contributors page and number 9 the About Certain Doubts page): 1 Originality 707 2 Characterizing a Fogbank: What Is Postmodernism, and Why Do I Take Such a Dim … Continue reading