Courses
2008
Fall
Phil 556: Probability in Philosophy (Seminar in the Philosophy of Science)
Description: The seminar will discuss various issues concerning epistemic and objective
probability. The course divides into three parts. 1. Epistemic Probability; 2. Metaphysics of Objective Probability; 3. Probability in Physics: Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics.
Most of the seminar meetings will focus on discussing a paper (or two
papers) with their authors. The line up includes Chris Meacham, Jonathan
Weisberg, Michael Strevens, David Albert, Alan Hajek, and others. The
schedule will be posted soon. For the first two meetings I will be filling
in background on Bayesian accounts of epistemic probability and some views
about objective chance.
For background reading look at John Earman's Bayes or Bust?,
David Lewis “A Subjectivist’s Guide to Objective Chance” (in vol II of
Lewis’ Collected Papers).
Department of Philosophy,
Rutgers University
26 Nichol Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
