Bayesianism and Explanatory Unification: A Compatibilist Account
Proponents of IBE claim that the ability of a hypothesis to explain a range of phenomena in a unifying way contributes to the hypothesis's credibility in light of these phenomena. …
Bayesian Occam's Razor is a Razor of the People
Occam's razor plays a prominent role in ordinary and scientific inference. One attractive hypothesis known as Bayesian Occam's razor (BOR) is that more complex hypotheses tend to …
Review of Jenann Ismael, *How Physics Makes Us Free*
Physics and Causation
More than a century ago, Russell launched a forceful attack on causation. He thereby initiated a debate about the relations between physics and causation that remains very much …
Review of Matthias Frisch, *Causal Reasoning in Physics*
Review of Douglas Kutach, *Causation and its Basis in Fundamental Physics*
Bibliography on Social Epistemology
Default Knowledge, Time Pressure, and the Theory-Theory of Concepts
I raise two issues for Machery's discussion and interpretation of the theory-theory.