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As I mentioned at the end of my previous post, I gave up game theory for good when I rediscovered Adam Smith during the summer of 2020. As it happens, my Smithian “aha moment” was part of a larger trend … Continue reading →

As I was saying in my previous two posts, I began teaching Roman and Constitutional Law in 1998, but one thing that I failed to mention is that I soon became frustrated with traditional legal analysis. Why? Because most legal … Continue reading →

Nota bene: I meant to do this survey of my previous work during my sabbatical last fall. Better late than never! I began teaching Roman and Constitutional Law in 1998, travelled every summer (the law school where I taught had … Continue reading →

I will return to Part 2 of David Hume’s essay “Of Miracles” and to Adam Smith’s treatment of taxes in Book 5, Chapter 2 of The Wealth of Nations next month. In the meantime, I want to survey the first … Continue reading →

I have been meaning to reblog this post from my fellow francophile and friend Sheree, so here it is!

Happy Pi Day 3.14! I am happy to report that I was invited to attend a research colloquium on “Data Law & AI Ethics” at the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School) this weekend, where I will be presenting my work-in-progress … Continue reading →

I will conclude my survey of Part 1 of David Hume’s famous essay “Of Miracles” by proposing a better approach to the problem of miracles: that of Frank Ramsey and Bruno de Finetti. To the point, Ramsey and de Finetti, … Continue reading →

Thus far, I have surveyed “the good” and “the bad” sides of David Hume’s famous argument against miracles (see here and here). That leaves “the ugly”: Hume’s circular definition of what a miracle is. To the point, for Hume “[a] … Continue reading →

*** As I mentioned at the end of my previous post, David Hume’s argument against miracles has two big blind spots. One is the unknown probability problem; the other is the reference class problem. To appreciate the significance of these … Continue reading →