Unity as an epistemic virtue

DOI10.1007/S10670-017-9923-1zbMATH Open1398.03027OpenAlexW2731613922WikidataQ59614055 ScholiaQ59614055MaRDI QIDQ1990935FDOQ1990935

Authors: Kit Patrick 

Publication date: 26 October 2018

Published in: Erkenntnis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/04f06787-9a98-478c-a1d9-a17525773cea

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

Cites Work

• A Bayesian account of the virtue of unification
• I.—STUDIES IN THE LOGIC OF CONFIRMATION (I.)
• Goodman's ``new riddle
• ON POPPER'S DEFINITIONS OF VERISIMILITUDE¹
• Greater Unification Equals Greater Understanding?

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