On the preference for more specific reference classes

DOI10.1007/S11229-016-1035-YMaRDI QIDQ1708798zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paul D. Thorn

Publication date 27 March 2018

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-016-1035-y

zbMATH Keywords

specificityimprecise probabilitiesscoring rulesdirect inferenceprinciple of indifferencereference class problemstatistical syllogism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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