Shackel, Nicholas and Rowbottom, Darrell P.
2020.
Bertrand's paradox and the maximum entropy principle.
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
101
(3)
, pp. 505-523.
10.1111/phpr.12596
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12596
Abstract
An important suggestion of objective Bayesians is that the maximum entropy principle can replace a principle which is known to get into paradoxical difficulties: the principle of indifference. No one has previously determined whether the maximum entropy principle is better able to solve Bertrand's chord paradox than the principle of indifference. In this paper I show that it is not. Additionally, the course of the analysis brings to light a new paradox, a revenge paradox of the chords, that is unique to the maximum entropy principle.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | English, Communication and Philosophy |
Publisher: | Wiley |
ISSN: | 0031-8205 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 1 April 2019 |
Date of Acceptance: | 29 March 2019 |
Last Modified: | 28 Nov 2020 12:17 |
URI: | http://orca.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/121298 |
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