Redefining the Synthetic a Priori

Probability and the Synthetic a Priori : a Reply to Block

Walter Block’s (2003) supposedly “entirely critical” (p. 48) reply greatly narrows the gap between our positions (Caplan 2001, 1999, 1997; Block 1999). It is a major concession for Block to admit that synthetic a priori propositions can have a low probability and empirical propositions can have a high probability. The implication, though he does not admit it, is that his initial claims most con...

Reliability via synthetic a priori: Reichenbach's doctoral thesis on probability

Hans Reichenbach is well known for his limiting frequency view of probability, with his most thorough account given in The Theory of Probability in 1935/49. Perhaps less known are Reichenbach's early views on probability and its epistemology. In his doctoral thesis from 1915, Reichenbach espouses a Kantian view of probability, where the convergence limit of an empirical frequency distribution i...

Kant on the "A priori" Toward an Interpretation

The Standard Metre: Has It Anything to Do With The Contingent A Priori

Title: A PRIORI SYNTHETIC SAMPLING FOR INCREASING CLASSIFICATION SENSITIVITY IN IMBALANCED DATA SETS

Class imbalance data usually suffers from data intrinsic properties beyond that of imbalance alone. The problem is intensified with larger levels of imbalance most commonly found in observational studies. Extreme cases of class imbalance are commonly found in many domains including fraud detection, mammography of cancer and post term births. These rare events are usually the most costly or have...