Measuring confirmation

in: J. Dancy et al. (eds.), A Companion to Epistemology. Oxford: Blackwell, 2010

2011

Loosely speaking, a Bayesian theory is any theory of non-deductive reasoning that uses the mathematical theory of probability to formulate its rules. Within this broad class of theories there is room for disagreement along several dimensions. There is much disagreement about exactly what the subject matter of such theories should be, ie about what the probabilities in these theories should be taken to represent. There is also the question which probabilistic rules are the right ones.

Philosophy Compass, 2011

Philosophy of Science, 1997

The Monograph explore the significance of the distinction between confirmation and evidence in epistemology and beyond.

Synthese, 2007

Synthese, 2007

With contributions by Max Albert, Branden Fitelson, Dennis Dieks, Igor Douven and Wouter Meijs, Alan Hajek, Colin Howson, James Joyce, and Patrick Suppes.

faculty-staff.ou.edu, 2011

Scientific theories and hypotheses make claims that go well beyond what we can immediately observe. How can we come to know whether such claims are true? The obvious approach is to see what a hypothesis says about the observationally accessible parts of ...