Contrastive confirmation: some competing accounts

I outline four competing probabilistic accounts of contrastive evidential support and consider various considerations that might help arbitrate between these. The upshot of the discussion is that the so-called 'Law of Likelihood' is to be preferred to any of the alternatives considered.

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Veröffentlicht in:Synthese (Dordrecht) 2013-01, Vol.190 (1), p.129-138
1. Verfasser: Chandler, Jake
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:I outline four competing probabilistic accounts of contrastive evidential support and consider various considerations that might help arbitrate between these. The upshot of the discussion is that the so-called 'Law of Likelihood' is to be preferred to any of the alternatives considered.
ISSN:0039-7857
1573-0964
DOI:10.1007/s11229-010-9845-9