• DOI:10.1093/bjps/axm033
Corpus ID: 8863978

Bayes not Bust! Why Simplicity is no Problem for Bayesians1

@article{Dowe2007BayesNB,
  title={Bayes not Bust! Why Simplicity is no Problem for Bayesians1},
  author={D. Dowe and Steve Gardner and G. Oppy},
  journal={The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science},
  year={2007},
  volume={58},
  pages={709 - 754}
}

• D. Dowe, Steve Gardner, G. Oppy
• Published 2007
• Computer Science
• The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

The advent of formal definitions of the simplicity of a theory has important implications for model selection. But what is the best way to define simplicity? Forster and Sober ([1994]) advocate the use of Akaike's Information Criterion (AIC), a non-Bayesian formalisation of the notion of simplicity. This forms an important part of their wider attack on Bayesianism in the philosophy of science. We defend a Bayesian alternative: the simplicity of a theory is to be characterised in terms of… Expand

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