Cox's theorem
Cox's theorem, named after the physicist Richard Threlkeld Cox, is a derivation of the laws of probability theoryfrom a certain set of postulates. This derivation justifies the so-called "logical" interpretation of probability. As the laws of probability derived by Cox's theorem are applicable to any proposition, logical probability is a type ofBayesian probability. Other forms of Bayesianism, such as the subjective interpretation, are given other justifications.