Amplifying Personal Probability Theory: Comments on L. J. Savage's “Difficulties in the Theory of Personal Probability”
- 1 December 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Philosophy of Science
- Vol. 34 (4) , 326-332
- https://doi.org/10.1086/288170
Abstract
Professor Savage has been candid and generous in stating his interest in philosophy, and the philosophers who have heard him are surely grateful for this. His attitude is very far from that of some competent scientists and mathematicans who purport to clear up the questions which philosophers raise concerning their disciplines by means of a battery of technical results of varying relevance—a procedure which can often be appropriately described as “an abominable snow-job.” However, Professor Savage's generosity places a responsibility on philosophers, since the questions he raises are difficult.Keywords
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