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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 →

Which precursor to the Stars & Stripes do you like the best?

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →