If you separate Bayesian probability from decision theory, then it has no justification except self-consistency, and you can no longer say that all correct reasoning must approximate Bayes (which is the claim under discussion).
Sure it does. Haven’t you heard of Cox’s Theorem? It singles out (Bayesian) probability theory as the uniquely determined extension of propositional logic to handle degrees of certainty. There’s also my recent paper, “From Propositional Logic to Plausible Reasoning: A Uniqueness Theorem”
I guess the problematic assumption is that we want to assign degrees of certainty. That doesn’t hold in AMD-like situations. They require reasoning under uncertainty, but any reasoning based on degrees of certainty leads to the wrong answer.
Correct inference must approximate Bayes. Correct reasoning is inference + hypothesis generations / update + what counts as evidence? Decision theories are concerned with the last piece of the puzzle. If I’m wrong, please show me a not obviously wrong theory that violates Bayes theorem...
If you separate Bayesian probability from decision theory, then it has no justification except self-consistency, and you can no longer say that all correct reasoning must approximate Bayes (which is the claim under discussion).
Sure it does. Haven’t you heard of Cox’s Theorem? It singles out (Bayesian) probability theory as the uniquely determined extension of propositional logic to handle degrees of certainty. There’s also my recent paper, “From Propositional Logic to Plausible Reasoning: A Uniqueness Theorem”
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fauthors.elsevier.com%2Fa%2F1VIqc%2CKD6ZCKMf&data=02%7C01%7C%7C12e6bb32616e4a953bb808d4bfe40576%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178decee1%7C0%7C0%7C636344433443102669&sdata=9lY8lw3AEn8Hw5IuPxo2YPcLadVhyXR5b98rULWC8nE%3D&reserved=0
or
https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.05261
I guess the problematic assumption is that we want to assign degrees of certainty. That doesn’t hold in AMD-like situations. They require reasoning under uncertainty, but any reasoning based on degrees of certainty leads to the wrong answer.
Correct inference must approximate Bayes. Correct reasoning is inference + hypothesis generations / update + what counts as evidence?
Decision theories are concerned with the last piece of the puzzle.
If I’m wrong, please show me a not obviously wrong theory that violates Bayes theorem...