Round Table on Acceptance (Part 2)

Kevin Kelly (CMU Pittsburgh), Hanti Lin (CMU Pittsburgh), and Hannes Leitgeb (LMU/MCMP) discuss philosophical theories of acceptance, belief revision, and formal/conceptual common grounds in part 2 ("Truth Table") of the Round Table on Acceptance (3 Feb, 2012). Abstract: The Bayesianist concept of belief is described by a measure-theoretic and thus quantitative approach to probabilities as changeable degrees of belief, whereas classical epistemology views belief/acceptance as a qualitative notion. Questions arise from this contrast: How can the two concepts be related? Which bridge principles can be drawn on to accomplish this task? This public MCMP event is to bring the philosophical theories of Leitgeb and Kelly/Lin to one table.