Can there be a Bayesian explanationism? On the prospects of a productive partnership

DOI10.1007/S11229-015-0990-ZMaRDI QIDQ1708783zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Frank Cabrera

Publication date 27 March 2018

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

Bayesianisminference to the best explanationIBEexplanatory virtuesvalues in science

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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