revising one's priors
revising one's priors is the present participle and gerund of revise one's priors.
Meaning of revise one's priors
Verb
revise one's priors (third-person singular simple present revises one's priors, present participle revising one's priors, simple past and past participle revised one's priors)
- Synonym of update one's priors.
- If a rationalist wants to pay you a big compliment, she might tell you that you have caused her to "revise her priors"—that is, to alter some of her well-justified prior assumptions.2021 August 16, Joshua Rothman, “Why Is It So Hard to Be Rational?”, in New Yorker
- Synonyms:
- update one's priors
Questions about revising one's priors
- What is revising one's priors the present participle and gerund of?
- Revising one's priors is the present participle and gerund of revise one's priors.
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