Xianhang comments on Can Counterfactuals Be True? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Xianhang 24 July 2008 09:22:42AM 2 points [-]

But hang on, the foundation of Bayesianism is the counterfactual. P(A|B) = 0.6 means that "If B were true, then P(A) = 0.6 would be true". Where does the truth value of P(A) = 0.6 come from then if we are to accept Bayesianism as correct?