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Franz Huber

Disciplines:
epistemology
philosophy of science

Summary

German philosopher who has worked on belief revision using ranking functions and on the formal epistemology of conditionals.

Core Contribution

A Logical Introduction to Probability and Induction: systematic treatment of inductive logic. Developed the ranking function approach to belief revision — an alternative to Bayesian updating for all-or-nothing belief.

Notable Works & Achievements

A Logical Introduction to Probability and Induction

Historical Influences

Wolfgang Spohn Branden Fitelson

Intellectual Lineage

Formal Epistemology

Contemporaries & Peers

Branden Fitelson Patrick Maher

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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