Isaac Levi

Isaac Levi
Born (1930-06-30) 30 June 1930
Era Contemporary philosophy
Region Western Philosophy
School American Pragmatism
Main interests
Pragmatism, epistemology, decision theory, philosophy of science
Notable ideas
commitment/performance distinction, corrigibilism/fallibilism distinction, indeterminate probability, Levi identity, unity of reason thesis

Isaac Levi (born 30 June 1930),[1] is an American philosopher. He is the John Dewey Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Columbia University.[2] Levi came onto the philosophic scene with his groundbreaking first book, Gambling with Truth. In the text Levi offers a decision theoretic reconstruction of epistemology with a close-eye towards the classical pragmatist philosophers like William James and Charles Sanders Peirce. Levi is known for his pioneering work in belief revision and imprecise probability.

Levi is one of several doctoral students of Ernest Nagel who were influential in American post-war philosophy; others were Morton White, Patrick Suppes, Henry Kyburg, and Sidney Morgenbesser. Levi also served as doctoral advisor to prominent formal philosophers, including Horacio Arló-Costa and Teddy Seidenfeld. Morgenbesser once quipped that Seidenfeld, who studied under Kyburg as an undergraduate, was Kyburg's revenge upon Levi. There is a rich literature of debate between Kyburg and Levi on topics in what has come to be known as formal epistemology.

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  1. "Levi, Isaac, 1930-". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 October 2014. (Isaac Levi, Columbia University) data sheet (b. 06-30-1930)
  2. "Faculty Bio - Isaac Levi". Columbia University. Retrieved 23 July 2012.


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