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Towards a grammar of bayesian confirmation

Vincenzo Crupi Roberto Festa Carlo Buttasi

pp. 73-93

Abstract

The foundations of a detailed grammar of Bayesian confirmation are presented as a theoretical tool for the formal analysis of reasoning in epistemology and philosophy of science. After a discussion of core intuitions grounding the measurement of confirmation in probabilistic terms, a number of basic, derived and structural properties of Bayesian incremental confirmation are defined, distinguished and investigated in their logical relationships. Illustrations are provided that a thorough development of this line of research would yield an appropriate general framework of inquiry for several analyses and debates surrounding confirmation and Bayesian confirmation in particular.

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Surez Mauricio, Dorato Mauro, Rédei Miklós (2010) Epsa epistemology and methodology of science: launch of the European philosophy of science association. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 73-93

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3263-8_7

Full citation:

Crupi Vincenzo, Festa Roberto, Buttasi Carlo (2010) „Towards a grammar of bayesian confirmation“, In: M. Surez, M. Dorato & M. Rédei (eds.), Epsa epistemology and methodology of science, Dordrecht, Springer, 73–93.