Dear all, This is a reminder that the first decision theory seminar of this term will be taking place tomorrow at 11am in the grad common room. Details below.
Best wishes, Arif >>Dear all >> >> This term, together with Yang Liu (Columbia and CSER), I'll be running a >> graduate seminar on decision theory. We'll meet Thursdays 11-12:30, in >> the Philosophy Common Room in the Faculty. >> >>We aim to cover some controversies in modern decision theory, construed >>broadly so as to include formal epistemology and related areas in the >>philosophy of probability. We also hope that participants will be willing >>to present their own work to the seminar. >> >> We meet from 11am-1230pm on Thursdays in the Graduate Common Room. Our >> first meeting is on >> >>THURSDAY 14 JANUARY AT 11AM in the GRADUATE COMMON ROOM >> >>and we'll be reading two papers on fuzzy belief: >> >>1. A. Elga, 2010. Subjective probabilities should be sharp. Philosophers' >>Imprint 10/5. (+ errata). See: >> >> >> >> >> https://www.princeton.edu/~adame/papers/sharp/elga-subjective-probabilities-should-be-sharp.pdf >> >> https://www.princeton.edu/~adame/papers/sharp/sharp-errata.pdf >> >>2. S. Bradley and K. Steele. 2014. Should subjective probabilities be >>sharp? Episteme 11/3. See: >> >> >> >> >> http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2F25739_DFE1F9A6FDB88FC0B56111114F13B2AD_journals__EPI_EPI11_03_S1742360014000082a.pdf&cover=Y&code=b68de1615257952500828a47df480146 >> >>At this first meeting we'll also discuss possible directions for the rest >>of term. Everybody is welcome, and anyone who wants to present work in >>progress or a completed paper should contact me or Yang. >> >>Best wishes, Arif >> > > -- Arif Ahmed Faculty of Philosophy University of Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge CB3 9DA http://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/people/teaching-research-pages/ahmed/ahmed-page _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
