Statistics and philosophy of probability – six degrees of separation

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I will discuss some topics from my book

“The search for certainty. On the clash of science and philosophy of probability.”

My main claims are

(i) The philosophy of probability is a complete intellectual failure.

(ii) Frequency statistics has nothing in common with the frequency philosophy of probability of von Mises.

(iii) Bayesian statistics has nothing in common with the subjective philosophy of probability of de Finetti.

(iv) A few simple laws summarize well the science of probability.

Date: Jan 14, 2016 at 16:00 h
Venue: Beauchef 851, Torre Norte, Séptimo Piso, Sala de Seminarios John Von Neumann CMM.
Speaker: Krzysztof Burdzy
Affiliation: University of Washington
Coordinator: Prof. Jaime San Martín
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Posted on Jan 7, 2016 in Seminars, Stochastic Modeling