The corroboration paradox

DOI10.1007/S11229-012-0106-YMaRDI QIDQ2441745zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Carl G. Wagner

Publication date 28 March 2014

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-012-0106-y

zbMATH Keywords

corroborationparadoxpositive relevanceprobabilitysimulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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