Cory Juhl

contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy

Cory Juhl is a contemporary analytic philosopher at the University of Texas at Austin, working primarily in epistemology, philosophy of science, and the philosophy of logic. He is known for his contributions to Bayesian confirmation theory, inductive logic, and the analysis of analyticity. His work engages critically with probabilistic reasoning, the fine-tuning argument, and the foundations of a priori knowledge.

Notable Achievements

Co-authored Analyticity (2009) with Eric Loomis, a sustained defense and analysis of the analytic/synthetic distinction

Developed critical analyses of Bayesian approaches to confirmation and prior probability assignment

Contributed formal work on the fine-tuning argument, examining how the choice of reference class affects probabilistic conclusions

Published on inductive logic and the epistemology of a priori justification

Positions & Arguments(1)

Natural Theology

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When focusing on a limited class of constants C, background evidence used to motivate the prior P(D) may include initial conditions of the universe, laws of physics, and values of all constants other than C