Bayesian Epistemology

A false theory of Knowledge that asserts that the past can be used to predict the future.

Bayesian epistemology is a mathematicized form of Inductivism. It inherits all of inductivism's flaws: the assumption that observations can justify theories, and that repetition yields certainty.

Connections

• •A variant of Inductivism — shares its core error
• •Criticized by Critical Rationalism — knowledge grows through Conjecture and Criticism, not updating priors
• •Misunderstands Probability — which only applies when explanations are known and insulated from Knowledge growth
• •Related to Empiricism — both overemphasize sensory data
• •Opposed to Epistemology as understood through Popperian philosophy