A frequentist interpretation of probability for model-based inductive inference

DOI10.1007/s11229-011-9892-xzbMath1284.60005OpenAlexW2001633339MaRDI QIDQ2441751

Aris Spanos

Publication date: 28 March 2014

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-011-9892-x

zbMATH Keywords

strong law of large numbersrandom samplesrandomnesscircularityerror statisticsDuhem-Quine problemfrequentist interpretation of probabilitylong-run metaphormodel-based inductionpost-data severity evaluationsingle event probability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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