Formal Epistemology - Topics

Topics

Some of the topics that come under the heading of formal epistemology include:

• Ampliative inference (including inductive logic);
• Game theory and decision theory;
• Algorithmic learning theory (computational epistemology);
• Formal approaches to paradoxes of belief and/or action;
• Formal models of epistemic states, like belief and uncertainty;
• Formal models of rationality constraints on belief and changes in belief;
• Formal theories of coherentism and confirmation;
• Foundations of probability and statistics.