The probabilistic no miracles argument

DOI10.1007/S13194-015-0122-0MaRDI QIDQ1705321zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Peng Zhang

Publication date 15 March 2018

Published in European Journal for Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-015-0122-0

zbMATH Keywords

scientific realismBayesian epistemologybase rate fallacyno miracles argumentstability of scientific theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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