Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    Haenni — Carmelics
    Thinkers/Haenni
    H

    Haenni

    contemporaryFormal Epistemology, Probabilistic Logic

    Rolf Haenni is a contemporary Swiss computer scientist and logician working at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, specializing in probabilistic reasoning, formal argumentation, and reasoning under uncertainty. He is known for foundational contributions to the theory of probabilistic argumentation and the epistemological justification of entropy-based inference methods.

    Notable Achievements

    1

    Developed frameworks for probabilistic argumentation combining logic and probability theory

    2

    Argued for the epistemic primacy of the principle of maximum entropy over the classical Principle of Indifference

    3

    Contributed to unified theories of uncertain reasoning spanning Bayesian and non-Bayesian approaches

    4

    Applied formal argumentation methods to artificial intelligence and decision support systems

    Positions & Arguments(1)

    Skepticism

    claim

    The principle of maximum entropy is a more cautious and broadly applicable version of the Principle of Indifference.

    Truth & Knowledge

    claim

    The principle of maximum entropy is a more cautious and broadly applicable version of the Principle of Indifference.

    At a Glance

    Ideas

    1

    Topics

    2

    Era

    contemporary

    Tradition

    Formal Epistemology, Probabilistic Logic

    Topic Influence

    Truth & Knowledge1
    Skepticism1

    Related Thinkers

    David Lewis2 shared
    Immanuel Kant
    2 shared
    Boyd2 shared
    Brian Skyrms2 shared
    Stathis Psillos2 shared
    Bertrand Russell2 shared
    David Hume2 shared
    Aristotle2 shared

    Dive Deeper

    Explore Truth & Knowledge→See Skepticism→