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Events for 21 November 2018
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4:30 pm
Richard Bradley (LSE) “Chances and Credences”
Abstract: In this talk I will defend two mutually supporting theses about the relation between chances and credences. The first is that chances should be identified with the judgements or credences of a (hypothetical) unbounded and fully informed perfect inductive reasoner and not with any of the possible grounds for her judgements, such as frequencies or propensities. The second is […]
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Black Holes (the Forum)
What are black holes, why are physicists so sure they exist, and how did we come to know about them? Can we know, or at least imagine, what happens inside a black hole? The science of black holes has long inspired science fiction writers, but might science fiction help us understand science fact? We discuss black holes, philosophy, and the long-standing and productive relationship between science and sci-fi.
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