The rational expectations revolution was not only based on the introduction of Muth's idea of rational expectations to macroeconomics; the introduction of Muth's hypothesis cannot explain the more drastic change of the mathematical toolbox and concepts, research strategies, vocabulary, and...

Through a simple thought experiment, this paper shows that there must be a shared foundation of mathematics, information science, natural science, social science, and theology. The thought experiment is to ask a volunteer to write down an arbitrary real number between 0 and 1 with many digits....

For aesthetic, strategic and pragmatic reasons, E. T. Jaynes (2003, Appendix A) objects to Bruno de Finetti’s founding of probability theory on the basis of the notion of coherence. In this paper an attempt is made to diffuse this critique, as well as to point out, briefly, that these, and the...