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Definition of 'a probability'

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:6. August 2009
  • Post category:Epistemology
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A probability is something that is more than a mere logical possibility. I also think that it is stronger than a mere physical possibility (I'm a regularity theorist). Here's one…

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Induction and a probability formula

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:24. June 2009
  • Post category:Philosophy
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I thought about how induction relates to the probability of something, and I came up with this formula. Induction is here taken as repeated confirming observations of some theory or…

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Why something rather than nothing? An argument for the necessity of a something-world

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:23. April 2009
  • Post category:Philosophy
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