The seminar focuses on some single important foundational work, or body of work, and investigates it and related research from a contemporary point of view. For example, when Savage's Foundations of Statistics is the course's focus, the class goals include understanding how Bayesian decision theory differs from its rivals, and understanding where Savages position is located within the current Bayesian program. Other seminal thinkers whose writings have served as the course's focus in different terms include, R.A.Fisher, Harold Jeffreys, J.Neyman, and A. Wald. Prerequisities: This is primarily a graduate level class. Instructor permission is required for undergraduates .
