Bayesian prior probabilities have an important place in probabilistic and statistical methods. In spite of this fact, the analysis of where these priors come from and how they are formed has received ...

Scientists often study hypotheses that they know to be false. This creates an interpretive problem for Bayesians because the probability assigned to a hypothesis is typically interpreted as the ...

Professor Franklin's research is on the history and philosophy of science, with particular emphasis on the role of experiment in physics. He has done historical studies on parity conconservation, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Just about 20 years ago, I abandoned a career ...

The philosophy of mind and cognitive science constitute an interdisciplinary domain where classical philosophical investigations into consciousness, intentionality and the nature of mental ...