Anna's explanation was from the frequentist side. Gunther's was from the Bayesian side.
On Nov 7, 10:13 am, Tom Caylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thomas, > > "epistemic state of an agent", or in the proverbial 10-year-old's > words, knowledge of the state of affairs from a certain point of > view. This is the Bayesian interpretation of probability. > "EVERYTHING happens" can be interpreted as an expression in terms of > the frequentist interpretation of probability. As I see it (of > course), "EVERYTHING happens" is the "epistemic state of", or > "knowledge from the point of view of", the Plenitude, or Plotinus' > One. But this begs the question "What is EVERYTHING?" > > Tom > > On Nov 7, 9:43 am, Günther Greindl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Thomas, > > > > MW must be some how different from the same concept in everyday > > > language? In the latter "probably" just means "likely to happen" but > > > if EVERYTHING happens then how can the concept make sense? I guess it > > > must be two different concepts, then? > > > I wouldn't say so. Always look at the word "probably" as referring to > > uncertainty in the _epistemic state of an agent_; and not as uncertainty > > what will happen in the world. Then you see that it is the same concept > > in both cases. > > > Cheers, > > Günther- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
