According to (what I think is) the right theory of intrinsic probability, there are three primary criteria which determine the prior of any given hypothesis:Modesty: How little a hypothesis says about the world. | Jim Reilly's Philosophy Blog
[Note: Most of this post consists of fairly obvious observations about the consequences of modal dispositionalism; I just wanted to have this train of thought in writing somewhere.]| Jim Reilly's Philosophy Blog
Consider the following question: could the laws of nature have been different?| Jim Reilly's Philosophy Blog