Jack comments on Which parts of philosophy are worth studying from a pragmatic perspective? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack 02 October 2010 07:32:51AM 0 points [-]

I don't see how a frequentist could Bayesian, to hold a Bayesian epistemology one would also have to adhere to a Bayesian theory of probability. Since frequentists don't hold such a theory that can not hold Bayesian epistemology.

Comment author: komponisto 02 October 2010 04:41:25PM 0 points [-]

As per my original comment, someone could agree that probabilities represent beliefs but also hold that the content of ("legitimate") beliefs consists only of statements about frequencies. This would allow them to simultaneously hold a frequentist interpretation of probability and a Bayesian epistemology. (As you said, "There is no Frequentist epistemology, a frequentist could hold any epistemology they wanted more or less.")