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Relativism and Confirmation Theory
In Steven D. Hales (ed.), A Companion to Relativism. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 242–265 (2011)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Abstract Introduction First Attempts The Bayesian Paradigm What Good Is There in a Subjectivist Confirmation Theory? Concluding Remarks References.Author's Profile
relativism and confirmation theory twentieth‐century confirmation theory ‐ special eye toward relativist aspects of the best‐known theories confirmation theory, how evidence bears upon hypotheses confirmation ‐ theoretic issues that one could be relativist about philosophers holding that confirmation ‐ is relativist problem specifically for the HD account ‐ logically incompatible hypotheses Bayesian Paradigm ‐ that Bayesian confirmation theory, currently by far the most popular approach to confirmation Bayesian definition of confirmation Bayesian literature, discussion of candidates ‐ for additional rationality requirements failed attempts at developing ‐ confirmation theories, evidence against their existence
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