Philosophical or Empirical Incommensurability of Frequentist Versus Bayesian Thinking
Frequentists and Bayesians disagree about the soundness of performing calculations based, in an important part, on prior information. The disagreement goes back to a basic philosophical disagreement about how to conceptualize the meaning of probability. As frequentists and Bayesians use the term dif...
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| description | Frequentists and Bayesians disagree about the soundness of performing calculations based, in an important part, on prior information. The disagreement goes back to a basic philosophical disagreement about how to conceptualize the meaning of probability. As frequentists and Bayesians use the term differently, there is a basic philosophical incommensurability. However, this philosophical incommensurability need not imply an empirical incommensurability. It is possible for there to be, simultaneously, philosophical incommensurability and empirical commensurability. This possibility implies consequences that this article discusses.(original abstract) |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0f0966dd89544922855934d4ceb2fde92025-08-20T03:08:21ZengWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we WrocławiuEkonometria2449-99942021-01-01nr 1940Philosophical or Empirical Incommensurability of Frequentist Versus Bayesian ThinkingDavid Trafimow0New Mexico State University, United StatesFrequentists and Bayesians disagree about the soundness of performing calculations based, in an important part, on prior information. The disagreement goes back to a basic philosophical disagreement about how to conceptualize the meaning of probability. As frequentists and Bayesians use the term differently, there is a basic philosophical incommensurability. However, this philosophical incommensurability need not imply an empirical incommensurability. It is possible for there to be, simultaneously, philosophical incommensurability and empirical commensurability. This possibility implies consequences that this article discusses.(original abstract)https://journals.ue.wroc.pl/eada/article/view/939 |
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