Why are good theories good? Reflections on epistemic values, confirmation, and formal epistemology
DOI10.1007/s11229-011-9893-9zbMath1284.03134OpenAlexW2088993672MaRDI QIDQ2441750
Publication date: 28 March 2014
Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-011-9893-9
coherenceconfirmationexplanationinductionBayesianismunderstandingnaturalismacceptancetruthlikenessverisimilitudepessimistic inductionhypothetico-deductive methodtheoretical reduction
Bayesian problems; characterization of Bayes procedures (62C10) Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Probability and inductive logic (03B48) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)
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