Philosophy – Page 129 – William M. Briggs

What Is A True Model? What Makes A Good One?: Part V

We have in our hands (via the predictive posterior) the probabilities that Susy's GPA is less than any number between 0 and 4, given that we accept the normal model…

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What Is A True Model? What Makes A Good One?: Part IV

In Part I we had the simplest kind of model. We complicated it in Part II, built more structure in Part III, and today finally come to the most used…

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What Is A True Model? What Makes A Good One?: Part III

We have had two cases so far: arbitrary models for counterfactual Martians (Part I) and a deduced model for an urn holding dichotomous objects (Part II). The logic was identical…

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What Is A True Model? What Makes A Good One?: Part II

The models in Part I might not have "felt right" to you. But if that is so it is because your diet of probability examples has been too narrowly constricted.…

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What Is A True Model? What Makes A Good One?: Part I

The rules of logic are simple. Use whatever evidence you have, and no other, to figure the probability of a conclusion. These rules are all we need to understand what…

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Studies Show Mike McQueary Did What You Would Have Done

A lot of wrist-twisting and hand-wringing over Mike McQueary's actions after he came across Penn State Coach Jerry Sandusky raping a 10-year-old boy in the showers. McQueary, who Mark Steyn…

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The Selfish Genes Of Dennett’s Atheists

If you're not busy this December 2nd and 3rd, and happen to be in the Buffalo area, you might drop in on the Center for Inquiry's symposium "Daniel Dennett and…

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Inuitionist Math & Probability: Riemann Hypothesis Example

The principium tertii exclusi, the principle or law of the excluded middle, what is that? If there is a proposition B then it is either the case that B is…

Moe Gibbs on The Various Solutions To Black Crime AnalyzedSeptember 10, 2025
Per Fred Reed, blacks are "a failed race, under permanent custodial care". Separate from them, if you can, and they…
Paul Fischer on The Various Solutions To Black Crime AnalyzedSeptember 10, 2025
The claim that 'pandering woke whites' drive black crime has some truth, but the real culprit is AFDC. It created…
Paul Fischer on The Various Solutions To Black Crime AnalyzedSeptember 10, 2025
A homocide detective I know told me to multiply by 10. So....Blacks attack whites about seven times more than whites…
Cary Cotterman on The Various Solutions To Black Crime AnalyzedSeptember 10, 2025
The best solution, of those that are possible, would be more robust policing, arrest for all crimes, no leniency for…
Cary Cotterman on The Various Solutions To Black Crime AnalyzedSeptember 10, 2025
"We have had some success in eliminating a handful of the worst woke offenders, but the risk is these gains…