Corroborating Testimony, Probability and Surprise

DOI10.1093/BJPS/53.2.273MaRDI QIDQ4483953zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Erik J. Olsson

Publication date 27 May 2003

Published in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/53.2.273

zbMATH Keywords

posterior probabilityprior probabilityprobabilistic analysis of surprise

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Probability and inductive logic (03B48)

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