Where do Bayesian priors come from?

Synthese

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 441-471

  Suppes, Patrick ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian priors; De Finetti; Learning mechanisms; Learning theory; Norms; Policy decisions; Ramsey; Savage

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249705197     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-006-9133-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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