Alexander Pruss's Blog

Indexing is mind-numbing. I've got over 700 proposed headings for the index of my One Body book. I need to search for key words for e...

The argument from evil is no stronger an argument than the fine-tuning argument. Moreover, the two are nicely paired up. Just as...

Start with these three facts: I have good ( prima facie ) reason to promote my own survival. I believe (1). I know (1). Now, ...

Here's a fascinating study. By changing what was in front of the subjects on the questionnaire they were filling out, the subjects wer...

When I was a grad student, I was taught that in Bayesian epistemology the prior probabilities wash out as evidence comes in. But ...

The Benacerraf problem is that there seem to be too many answers to the question of what the numbers are—too many constructions wi...

Suppose we uniformly pick a random number from the interval [0,1] ([ a , b ] is the closed interval from a to b , both inclusive). On s...

There are many large-scale sceptical scenarios: brains in vats, evil demons, anti-inductive worlds, evolutionary scenarios that lead as...

There are many set-theoretic constructions of the natural numbers. For instance, one might let 0 be the empty set ∅, 1 be {0}, 2 be {1,2...

I don't really want to commit to the following, but it has some attraction. Question 1: What is probability? Answer: Any as...

Let's say that an infinite sequence of real-numbered observations is generated by independent runs of a random process. Suppose t...

(Premise) I am experiencing writing this post. (Premise) My self is experiencing writing this post. (Premise) Only one entity...

Consider this valid argument: (Premise) Moral outrage at an event is misplaced when no one is responsible for the event. (Premise) Mora...

Start with these premises: Value personalism: Nothing is more valuable than a good person except perhaps for another good person. ...

Frequentism defines probabilities in terms of long-term frequencies of outcomes. This doesn't work very well with finite frequencie...