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    The objection that Bayesian analysis lacks objectivity is misplaced

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    • 1.Deductive logic does not judge the correctness of premises but only advises what to infer from them
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    • 2.Bayesian inductive logic similarly provides rational rules for representing uncertainty and making inductive inferences
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    • 3.Choosing prior distributions objectively falls outside the scope of Bayesian analysis, just as choosing premises falls outside the scope of deductive logic
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    Howson (2000) and Howson and Urbach (2006) consider the objection misplaced. In the same way that deductive logic does not judge the correctness of the premises but just advises you what to infer from them, Bayesian inductive logic provides rational rules for representing uncertainty and making inductive inferences. Choosing the premises (e.g., the prior distributions) “objectively” falls outside the scope of Bayesian analysis.
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