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Bertrand's Paradox and the Maximum Entropy Principle.

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 c...

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Published in:Philosophy & Phenomenological Research Vol. 101; no. 3; pp. 505 - 524
Main Authors: Shackel, Nicholas, Rowbottom, Darrell P.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Nov2020
Subjects:
Bayesian analysis
Entropy
Paradox
Chords (Music theory)
Curriculum
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