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Computable Bayesian Epistemology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2026

Josiah Lopez-Wild*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, United Kingdom josiah.lopezwild@gmail.co
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Bayesian epistemology is broadly concerned with providing norms for rational belief and learning using the mathematics of probability theory. Many authors have worried that the theory is too idealized to accurately describe real agents. In this paper I argue that an emerging program, computable Bayesian epistemology, can describe more realistic agents while retaining sufficient generality. I situate this program by placing it among the ongoing debate about ideal versus bounded rationality. I then present the basics of computable analysis and demonstrate its usefulness by proving a simple result: there are no computable finitely additive probability measures.

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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Philosophy of Science Association