TY - BOOK ID - 85642885 TI - The probabilistic foundations of rational learning PY - 2017 SN - 1108506178 110851362X 1108515118 1108516602 1108524052 1108518095 131633578X 1107115329 1107535662 9781316335789 9781108524056 9781107115323 9781107535664 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Learning KW - Reasoning (Psychology) KW - Probabilism. KW - Aequiprobabilism KW - Equiprobabilism KW - Laxism KW - Probabiliorism KW - Ethics KW - Thought and thinking KW - Philosophy. KW - Rational learning UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85642885 AB - According to Bayesian epistemology, rational learning from experience is consistent learning, that is learning should incorporate new information consistently into one's old system of beliefs. Simon M. Huttegger argues that this core idea can be transferred to situations where the learner's informational inputs are much more limited than Bayesianism assumes, thereby significantly expanding the reach of a Bayesian type of epistemology. What results from this is a unified account of probabilistic learning in the tradition of Richard Jeffrey's 'radical probabilism'. Along the way, Huttegger addresses a number of debates in epistemology and the philosophy of science, including the status of prior probabilities, whether Bayes' rule is the only legitimate form of learning from experience, and whether rational agents can have sustained disagreements. His book will be of interest to students and scholars of epistemology, of game and decision theory, and of cognitive, economic, and computer sciences. ER -