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ACEMS Virtual Public Lecture – Hypocrisy ++
September 15, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
ACEMS Virtual Public Lecture – Hypocrisy ++
There are two popular, but competing, philosophical theories which attempt to answer this question, usually referred to as the ‘subjective’ and the ‘frequency’ approaches. These theories are often claimed to form the foundations, respectively, of the Bayesian and frequentist interpretations of statistics. In this public lecture, Professor Burdzy will explain why this is not actually the case, and will outline logical contradictions with both these philosophical theories.