ET Jaynes

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Edwin Thompson Jaynes was a prominent bayesian mathematician and the author of Probability Theory: The Logic of Science.

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E.T. Jaynes Probability Theory: The logic of Science I

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Probability Theory: The Logic of Science, Jaynes

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Draft of Edwin Jaynes’ “Probability Theory: The Logic of Science” online, with lost chapter 30

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Help with a derivation in chapter 18 of Jaynes PT:LoS?

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The central limit theorem in terms of convolutions

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Demystifying the Second Law of Thermodynamics

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Trust in Bayes

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Probability theory implies Occam’s razor

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The Generalized Product Rule

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[Question] Jaynesian interpretation—How does “estimating probabilities” make sense?

Haziq MuhammadJul 21, 2021, 9:36 PM

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[Question] Do Bayesians like Bayesian model Averaging?

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[Question] Halpern’s paper—A refutation of Cox’s theorem?

Haziq MuhammadAug 11, 2021, 9:25 AM

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[Question] Jaynes-Cox Probability: Are plausibilities objective?

Haziq MuhammadAug 12, 2021, 2:23 PM

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[Question] Has Van Horn fixed Cox’s theorem?

Haziq MuhammadAug 29, 2021, 6:36 PM

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[Question] Is LessWrong dead without Cox’s theorem?

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Frequentist practice incorporates prior information all the time

Maxwell PetersonNov 7, 2020, 8:43 PM

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[Question] Why are probabilities represented as real numbers instead of rational numbers?

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Miracles and why not to believe them

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The Logic of Science: 2.2

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E.T. Jaynes and Hugh Everett—includes a previously unpublished review by Jaynes of a published short version of Everett’s dissertation

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