Acknowledgments | p. vii |
Introduction | p. ix |
Bayesian Rationality | |
Rational Decisions (#26) | p. 3 |
Twenty-seven Principles of Rationality (#679) | p. 15 |
46656 Varieties of Bayesians (#765) | p. 20 |
The Bayesian Influence, or How to Sweep Subjectivism under the Carpet (#838) | p. 22 |
Probability | |
Which Comes First, Probability or Statistics (#85A) | p. 59 |
Kinds of Probability (#182) | p. 63 |
Subjective Probability as the Measure of a Non-measurable Set (#230) | p. 73 |
Random Thoughts about Randomness (#815) | p. 83 |
Some History of the Hierarchical Bayesian Methodology (#1230) | p. 95 |
Dynamic Probability, Computer Chess, and the Measurement of Knowledge (#938) | p. 106 |
Corroboration, Hypothesis Testing, Induction, and Simplicity | |
The White Shoe Is a Red Herring (#518) | p. 119 |
The White Shoe qua Herring Is Pink (#600) | p. 121 |
A Subjective Evaluation of Bode's Law and an ôObjectiveö Test for Approximate Numerical Rationality (#603B) | p. 122 |
Some Logic and History of Hypothesis Testing (#1234) | p. 129 |
Explicativity, Corroboration, and the Relative Odds of Hypotheses (#846) | p. 149 |
Information and Surprise | |
The Appropriate Mathematical Tools for Describing and Measuring Uncertainty (#43) | p. 173 |
On the Principle of Total Evidence (#508) | p. 178 |
A Little Learning Can Be Dangerous (#855) | p. 181 |
The Probabilistic Explication of Information, Evidence, Surprise, Causality, Explanation, and Utility (#659) | p. 184 |
Is the Size of Our Galaxy Surprising? (#814) | p. 193 |
Causality and Explanation | |
A Causal Calculus (#223B) | p. 197 |
A Simplification in the ôCausal Calculusö (#1336) | p. 218 |
Explicativity: A Mathematical Theory of Explanation with Statistical Applications (#1000) | p. 219 |
References | p. 239 |
Bibliography | p. 251 |
Subject Index of the Bibliography | p. 269 |
Name Index | p. 313 |
Subject Index | p. 317 |
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