*** 18 JULY 11am-1pm PHILOSOPHY FACULTY BOARDROOM There will be a special event at which the eminent philosopher of science, Prof. PRASANTA BANDYOPADHYAY (Montana) will be speaking on:
Confirmation and Evidence: A Modest Proposal Abstract: This paper calls for a modest reorientation in epistemology, and provides a paradigm-independent probabilistic framework organised around the distinction between confirmation and evidence. I argue that this distinction is crucial for understanding key issues in traditional epistemology and theory of inference. I distinguish my probabilistic account from other probabilistic Bayesian accounts and an alternative non-Bayesian account of evidence. I also discuss the significance of two theorems of the probability of misleading evidence for recent work on scientific inference. For more information on Prof. Bandyopadhyay's work, see: http://www.prasantasbandyopadhyay.com <http://www.prasantasbandyopadhyay.com/> For any questions, please contact Arif Ahmed, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> I'll look forward to seeing you there. Best wishes, Arif *** ******************************************************************************************** Miss Charlie Evans, Secretarial Assistant Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA Tel: (01223) (3)35090, email: [email protected] ****************************************************************************************** _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
