Wolfgang Spohn
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3874271 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Wolfgang Spohn |
| PRENOMES | Wolfgang |
| SOBRENOME | Spohn |
| ASSINATURA | SPOHN W |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 3 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2000 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
A Generalization of the Reflection Principle
This paper generalizes (probabilistic) auto-epistemology by amending the original forward-looking reflection principle of van Fraassen [-@vanfraassen:1984], which is about learning or favorable epistemic changes in general, by a new but similar backward-looking principle, which is about forgetting and other unfavorable epistemic changes. The generalization is argued to be a completion by defending what is called the no-neutrality condition. Due t…
Reply to Jim Woodward’s Comments on Wolfgang Spohn’s Laws of Belief
This is one of a pair of discussion notes comparing some features of the account of causation in Wolfgang Spohn’s Laws of Belief with the “interventionist” account in James Woodward’s Making Things Happen . This note locates the core difference of the accounts in the fact that Woodward’s account follows an epistemological order, while Spohn’s follows a conceptual order. This unfolds in five further differences: (i) type- versus token-level causat…
The Laws of Belief
Wolfgang Spohn presents a full account of the dynamic laws of belief, by means of ranking theory, a relative of probability theory which he has pioneered since the 1980s. He offers novel insights into the nature of laws, the theory of causation inductive reasoning and its experiential base, and a priori principles of reason.
Erkenntnis Orientated
Laws of Belief
Wolfgang Spohn presents a full account of the dynamic laws of belief, by means of ranking theory, a relative of probability theory which he has pioneered since the 1980s. He offers novel insights into the nature of laws, the theory of causation inductive reasoning and its experiential base, and a priori principles of reason
Causation, Coherence and Concepts
Wolfgang Spohn, born 1950, is one of the most distinguished analytic philosophers and philosophers of science of Germany, editor-in-chief of Erkenntnis for more than 13 years, author of two books and more than 60 papers covering a wide range: epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of science, philosophical logic, philosophy of language and mind, and the theory of practical rationality. This collection presents 15 of his most important essays o…
Dependency Equilibria
This paper introduces a new equilibrium concept for normal form games called dependency equilibrium; it is defined, exemplified, and compared with Nash and correlated equilibria in Sections 2–4. Its philosophical motive is to rationalize cooperation in the one shot prisoners’ dilemma. A brief discussion of its meaningfulness in Section 5 concludes the paper
Causation
The paper builds on the basically Humean idea that A is a cause of B iff A and B both occur, A precedes B, and A raises the metaphysical or epistemic status of B given the obtaining circumstances. It argues that in pursuit of a theory of deterministic causation this ‘status raising’ is best explicated not in regularity or counterfactual terms, but in terms of ranking functions. On this basis, it constructs a rigorous theory of deterministic causa…
Enumerative Induction and Lawlikeness
The paper is based on ranking theory, a theory of degrees of disbelief (and hence belief). On this basis, it explains enumerative induction, the confirmation of a law by its positive instances, which may, indeed, take various schemes. It gives a ranking theoretic explication of a possible law or a nomological hypothesis. It proves, then, that such schemes of enumerative induction uniquely correspond to mixtures of such nomological hypotheses. Thu…
Rationality, Rules, and Structure
Causation
The paper builds on the basically Humean idea that A is a cause of B iff A and B both occur, A precedes B, and A raises the metaphysical or epistemic status of B given the obtaining circumstances. It argues that in pursuit of a theory of deterministic causation this ‘status raising’ is best explicated not in regularity or counterfactual terms, but in terms of ranking functions. On this basis, it constructs a rigorous theory of deterministic causa…
Enumerative Induction and Lawlikeness
The paper is based on ranking theory, a theory of degrees of disbelief (and hence belief). On this basis, it explains enumerative induction, the confirmation of a law by its positive instances, which may, indeed, take various schemes. It gives a ranking theoretic explication of a possible law or a nomological hypothesis. It proves, then, that such schemes of enumerative induction uniquely correspond to mixtures of such nomological hypotheses. Thu…
Rationality, Rules, and Structure
Enumerative Induction and Lawlikeness
The paper is based on ranking theory, a theory of degrees of disbelief (and hence belief). On this basis, it explains enumerative induction, the confirmation of a law by its positive instances, which may, indeed, take various schemes. It gives a ranking theoretic explication of a possible law or a nomological hypothesis. It proves, then, that such schemes of enumerative induction uniquely correspond to mixtures of such nomological hypotheses. Thu…
Causation
The paper builds on the basically Humean idea that A is a cause of B iff A and B both occur, A precedes B, and A raises the metaphysical or epistemic status of B given the obtaining circumstances. It argues that in pursuit of a theory of deterministic causation this ‘status raising’ is best explicated not in regularity or counterfactual terms, but in terms of ranking functions. On this basis, it constructs a rigorous theory of deterministic causa…
Dependency Equilibria
This paper introduces a new equilibrium concept for normal form games called dependency equilibrium; it is defined, exemplified, and compared with Nash and correlated equilibria in Sections 2–4. Its philosophical motive is to rationalize cooperation in the one shot prisoners’ dilemma. A brief discussion of its meaningfulness in Section 5 concludes the paper
Causation, Coherence and Concepts
Wolfgang Spohn, born 1950, is one of the most distinguished analytic philosophers and philosophers of science of Germany, editor-in-chief of Erkenntnis for more than 13 years, author of two books and more than 60 papers covering a wide range: epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of science, philosophical logic, philosophy of language and mind, and the theory of practical rationality. This collection presents 15 of his most important essays o…
The Laws of Belief
Wolfgang Spohn presents a full account of the dynamic laws of belief, by means of ranking theory, a relative of probability theory which he has pioneered since the 1980s. He offers novel insights into the nature of laws, the theory of causation inductive reasoning and its experiential base, and a priori principles of reason.
Erkenntnis Orientated
Laws of Belief
Wolfgang Spohn presents a full account of the dynamic laws of belief, by means of ranking theory, a relative of probability theory which he has pioneered since the 1980s. He offers novel insights into the nature of laws, the theory of causation inductive reasoning and its experiential base, and a priori principles of reason
Reply to Jim Woodward’s Comments on Wolfgang Spohn’s Laws of Belief
This is one of a pair of discussion notes comparing some features of the account of causation in Wolfgang Spohn’s Laws of Belief with the “interventionist” account in James Woodward’s Making Things Happen . This note locates the core difference of the accounts in the fact that Woodward’s account follows an epistemological order, while Spohn’s follows a conceptual order. This unfolds in five further differences: (i) type- versus token-level causat…
A Generalization of the Reflection Principle
This paper generalizes (probabilistic) auto-epistemology by amending the original forward-looking reflection principle of van Fraassen [-@vanfraassen:1984], which is about learning or favorable epistemic changes in general, by a new but similar backward-looking principle, which is about forgetting and other unfavorable epistemic changes. The generalization is argued to be a completion by defending what is called the no-neutrality condition. Due t…
Philosophy (8 obras) · Computer Science (7 obras) · Epistemology (7 obras) · Mathematics (6 obras) · Causation (5 obras) · Mathematical economics (5 obras) · Philosophy and History of Science (5 obras) · Artificial Intelligence (4 obras) · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (4 obras) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (3 obras)