Seminari di filosofia del linguaggio e della mente
Lunedì 22 febbraio 2016, ore 10.30-12.30.

Sala Enzo Paci, Direzione del Dipartimento di Filosofia

Via Festa del Perdono 7, Milano

Abstract:

This seminar presents an informal and rather biased selection of key research topics in the foundations of uncertain reasoning. It consists of four parts. First, I will recall that uncertainty must be taken seriously, and suggest how we might go about making useful distinctions regarding its meaning. Second, I will point out how rationality comes in very handy when we must face “decision-relevant uncertainty”. Third, I will illustrate why, under certain conditions, the rational reaction to uncertainty must be probabilistic. In the fourth, and final part, I will discuss why probability is not quite telling us the last word on rational reasoning under uncertainty.