Bayes not Bust! Why Simplicity is no Problem for Bayesians

DOI10.1093/BJPS/AXM033zbMATH Open1136.03301OpenAlexW2129713257WikidataQ56068823 ScholiaQ56068823MaRDI QIDQ5452012FDOQ5452012

Steve Gardner, Graham Oppy, David L. Dowe

Publication date: 27 March 2008

Published in: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/2877/1/DoweGardnerOppy_draftBayesNotBust.pdf

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Probability and inductive logic (03B48) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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