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View SchemaRole and meaning of subjective probability: some comments on common misconceptions
| Authors | G. D'Agostini |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0010064 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0010064 |
| DOI | 10.1063/1.1381867 |
Abstract
Criticisms of so called `subjective probability' come on the one hand from those who maintain that probability in physics has only a frequentistic interpretation, and, on the other, from those who tend to `objectivise' Bayesian theory, arguing, e.g., that subjective probabilities are indeed based `only on private introspection'. Some of the common misconceptions on subjective probability will be commented upon in support of the thesis that coherence is the most crucial, universal and `objective' way to assess our confidence on events of any kind.
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