Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol
“Exit, voice, and boilerplate”
That is the title of my review of Nate Oman’s excellent book “The Dignity of Commerce.” My essay was originally published in The New Rambler; a slightly revised version is now posted on ssrn, the first page of which is … Continue reading
Our American flags
Which precursor to the Stars & Stripes do you like the best?
Aristotle’s axiom
We’ve just read Frederick Schauer’s review of Randy Kozel’s excellent book “Settled Versus Right: A Theory of Precedent,” Cambridge University Press, 2017. (Schauer’s paper is provocatively titled “On treating unalike cases alike” and is posted on SSRN here. Hat tip: … Continue reading
Dutch-booking relative plausibility
Note: This is our penultimate post on Allen & Pardo’s paper “Relative plausibility and its critics.” We defined subjective probability in terms of “degrees of belief” in our previous post. Here, we will consider Ron Allen and Mike Pardo’s relative … Continue reading
Subjective probability primer
Note: This post is part 8 of our review of Ron Allen & Mike Pardo’s paper “Relative plausibility and its critics.” If you are already familiar with the subjectivist ideas of Frank Ramsey (1931) and Bruno de Finetti (1974), you … Continue reading
Oh, the irony! Allen and Pardo’s relative plausibility view of proof is just as subjective as the Bayesian view
Note: This post is part 7 of our extended review of Allen & Pardo’s new paper on juridical proof “Relative plausibility and its critics.” We replied to the pesky conjunction problem in our previous post. Today, we will discuss the … Continue reading
The conjunction problem is not a problem for Bayesians
Note: This post is part 6 of our ongoing review of Allen & Pardo’s explanatory account of juridical proof. We have been reviewing Ron Allen and Mike Pardo’s excellent paper, “Relative plausibility and its critics.” We agree with their critique … Continue reading

