American philosopher who has worked on Bayesian confirmation theory and the epistemology of induction.
Betting on Theories: a defense of Bayesian decision theory for science — scientists' probability assignments can be evaluated by their accuracy and coherence. Contributed to the analysis of objective versus subjective Bayesianism.
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