Interests: Ethical Theory, Philosophy of Economics, Philosophy of Public Policy, Rational Choice, Philosophy of Probability.
Publications
Publications include:
Books
Nancy Cartwright's Philosophy of Science. Forthcoming, Routledge, 2007 (Edited with Stephan Hartmann and Carl Hoefer).
Bayesianische Erkenntnistheorie, Paderborn, Mentis, 2006. German translation of Bayesian Epistemology (OUP, 2003) (with Stephan Hartmann).
Bayesian Epistemology, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003 (with Stephan Hartmann)
Articles
'A Power Measure Analysis of Amendment 36 in Colorado'. Forthcoming in Public Choice (with Claus Beisbart).
'How Should the Weights be Set in a Federal Assembly? A Welfarist Argument from Cartel Formation'. Forthcoming in Proceedings of the GAP6 (with Claus Beisbart).
'Welfare Evaluations of Decision Rules for Boards of Representatives', Social Choice and Welfare, 29, 4, pp. 581-608(with Claus Beisbart)
'Factions in Rousseau's Du Contrat Social and Federal Representation', Analysis, 67, (2007), pp. 12-20 (with Claus Beisbart).
'The Rhythm Method and Embryonic Death', Journal of Medical Ethics, 32, (2006), pp. 355-56. This article is reviewed in the New York Times, June 13, 2006: http://tinyurl.com/kf9v2
'Democratic Answers to Complex Questions—an Epistemic Perspective', Synthese, 150, 1 (2006), pp. 131-53. (with Wlodek Rabinowicz)
'The Doctrinal Paradox and the Mixed-Motivation Problem', Analysis, 66 (2006), pp 35-8
'An Impossibility Result for Coherence Rankings', Philosophical Studies, 128 (2006), pp. 77-91 (with Stephan Hartmann)
'Why There Cannot Be a Single Probabilistic Measure of Coherence', Erkenntnis, 63 (2005), pp. 361-74 (with Stephan Hartmann)
'A Utilitarian Assessment of Alternative Decision Rules in the Council of Ministers', European Union Politics, 6 (2005)pp 395-418 (with Claus Beisbart and Stephan Hartmann)
'Coherence and the Role of Specificity: A Response to Meijs and Douven', Mind, 114, (2005) (with Stephan Hartmann)
'The Doctrinal Paradox' (in Dutch) in: Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor de Wijsbegeerte, 79 (2005), pp 60-76 (with Wlodek Rabinowicz)
'Voting Procedures for Complex Collective Decisions-an Epistemic Perspective', Ratio Juris, 17, 2, 2004, pp 241-58. (with Wlodek Rabinowicz)
'Too Odd (not) to Be True: a Reply to Erik Olsson', British Journal of Philosophy of Science (with Branden Fitelson, Stephan Hartmann and Josh Snyder), 53, (2002), pp 539-63
'Believing More, Risking Less. On Coherence, Truth and Non-Trivial Extensions' (with Erik J. Olsson) Erkenntnis, 57, (2002), pp 137-150
'Bayesian Networks and the Problem of Unreliable Instruments' (with Stephan Hartmann) In: Philosophy of Science, 69, (2002), pp 29-73
Other
'Bayesian Epistemology'. Special Issue of Synthese (2007) (Edited with Stephan Hartmann)
