On rereading Savage

10/28/2021
by   Yudi Pawitan, et al.
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If we accept Savage's set of axioms, then all uncertainties must be treated like ordinary probability. Savage espoused subjective probability, allowing, for example, the probability of Donald Trump's re-election. But Savage's probability also covers the objective version, such as the probability of heads in a fair toss of a coin. In other words, there is no distinction between objective and subjective probability. Savage's system has great theoretical implications; for example, prior probabilities can be elicited from subjective preferences, and then get updated by objective evidence, a learning step that forms the basis of Bayesian computations. Non-Bayesians have generally refused to accept the subjective aspect of probability or to allow priors in formal statistical modelling. As demanded, for example, by the late Dennis Lindley, since Bayesian probability is axiomatic, it is the non-Bayesians' duty to point out which axioms are not acceptable to them. This is not a simple request, since the Bayesian axioms are not commonly covered in our professional training, even in the Bayesian statistics courses. So our aim is to provide a readable exposition the Bayesian axioms from a close rereading Savage's classic book.

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