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Infinite regress, bias, and the Coase theorem
In their paper “Motive attribution asymmetry for love vs. hate drives intractable conflict,” Adam Waytz, Liane Young and Jeremy Ginge appear to extend the logic of the Coase Theorem into the domain of politics. Specifically, Waytz, Young, and Ginge study the problem of … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Law, Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Bias, Coase Theorem, Infinite Regress
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Multiple Comparisons and the Law
Originally posted on Error Statistics Philosophy:
. The following is from Nathan Schachtman’s legal blog, with various comments and added emphases (by me). He will try to reply to comments/queries. “Courts Can and Must Acknowledge Multiple Comparisons in Statistical Analyses”…
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Law, Philosophy
Tagged Deborah Mayo, Nathan Schachtman
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“The possibility of a general theory of emergency”
That is the subtitle of this fascinating paper — the full title of the paper is “Exception and Necessity: The Possibility of a General Theory of Emergency” — written by our colleague William Vazquez-Irizarry, a law professor at the University of Puerto Rico. … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Law, Philosophy
Tagged John Rawls, Necessity, Ronald Coase, State of Exception
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#EconomicsInThreeWords
Is Economics deserving of its own Nobel Prize*? Is Literature? In honor of Jean Tirole being awarded the 2014 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel — previous recipients include our intellectual heroes Ronald Coase, John Nash, and Thomas … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Philosophy
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If philosophy is a game …
… who are the umpires? Created by Landon Schurtz.
Posted in Games, Logical Fallacies, Philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged Logical Fallacies, Philosophy
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In defense of simple models
We just found a 1963 reprint of W.W. Sawyer’s little book Mathematician’s Delight at Mostly Books, a family-owned bookstore on 529 Bainbridge Street in Philadelphia. In chapter 2 of his book, which was first published in 1943, Prof. Sawyer notes “the connexion between reason and imagination,” stating … Continue reading
Posted in Mathematics, Philosophy
Tagged Abstraction, Reduction, Simple Models, W.W. Sawyer
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Constitutional questions
1. Is there a single set of identifiable and determinate principles that animate the U.S. Constitution (or Great Britain’s unwritten constitution, for that matter)? If so, what are they? 2. What is the role of State and federal courts, if any, … Continue reading
Constitutional theory is unfalsifiable
As we noted in our previous post, we are attending a two-day colloquium on Richard A. Epstein’s latest tome The Classical Liberal Constitution. At the end of yesterday’s discussion, one legal scholar (Thomas Merrill) posed the following fundamental question: Do we need a … Continue reading
“The Classical Liberal Constitution”
That is the title of Richard A. Epstein’s latest book. We are attending a two-day colloquium in Philadelphia this week-end to discuss various aspects of Prof. Epstein’s book with a small group of other legal scholars. We will keep you … Continue reading
prior probability 