Comments on: The Search for Certainty

By: principles of uncertainty « Xi'an's Og

principles of uncertainty « Xi'an's Og — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:15:44 +0000

[...] of view. Probability is defined from a betting perspective (no stabilisation of frequencies à la von Mises!). Limits, series, uncountable sets, Riemann integrals (whose simultaneous use with and without [...]

By: JSM [4] « Xi'an's Og

JSM [4] « Xi'an's Og — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:07:29 +0000

[...] however no one raised to the bait!) A more serious question reminded me of the debate surrounding A Search for Certainty: It was whether frequentist and subjective Bayes approaches had more justifications than the [...]

By: Jaynes’ re-read « Xi'an's Og

Jaynes’ re-read « Xi'an's Og — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:13:22 +0000

[...] much more to establish Bayesian-ism, and he clearly is a staunch supported of Jeffreys, if not of de Finetti. (Curiously, he also seems to hold Keynes in high respect, despite the later’s dismissal of [...]

By: A critical assessment now published « Xi'an's Og

A critical assessment now published « Xi'an's Og — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:12:38 +0000

[...] review of Krzysztof Burdzy’s The Search for Certainty has been posted on Bayesian Analysis today. Given [...]

By: Another review of Search for Certainty « Xi'an's Og

Another review of Search for Certainty « Xi'an's Og — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:07:36 +0000

[...] comments, Andrew’s and mine’s, led Larry Wasserman to read Krzysztof Burdzy’s The Search for Certainty to make his own [...]

By: A reply from Krzysztof Burdzy « Xi'an's Og

A reply from Krzysztof Burdzy « Xi'an's Og — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:03:46 +0000

[...] reply from Krzysztof Burdzy Professor Burdzy sent us this reply to the critical analysis of his book, with his authorisation to post it on-line. Since it is quite long already, I will [...]

By: The Search for Certainty as a book review « Xi'an's Og

The Search for Certainty as a book review « Xi'an's Og — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:09:18 +0000

[...] The Search for Certainty over the past weeks and putting my thoughts together into a structured (?) review, I have written a full book review that I have submitted to Bayesian Analysis. And arXived as well. [...]

By: FordPrefect

FordPrefect — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:45:08 +0000

Can you also review Tolstoy’s “War and Peace”? Apparently, if you read closely enough Tolstoy was also troubled by statistical thought … If you read a version close to the original you could also practise your French. ;)

By: bina

bina — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:57:55 +0000

Old bronze’s just perfect, thanks!

Now then. Maybe you’d like a more pertinent, elevated comment.
…
About the seven dices and the suspicious fives facing the reader: well, indeed! But depending on the point of view of the reader, the fours may look very suspicious too!!!
:-)

By: xi'an

xi'an — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:11:35 +0000

Ok, is this old bronze (#e39b1b) less painful now?!?!?