The transmission of support: a Bayesian re-analysis

The transmission of support: a Bayesian re-analysis

Crispin Wright's discussion of the notion of 'transmission-failure' promises to have important philosophical ramifications, both in epistemology and beyond. This paper offers a precise, formal characterisation of the concept within a Bayesian framework. The interpretation given avoids...

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Veröffentlicht in:Synthese (Dordrecht) 2010-10, Vol.176 (3), p.333-343
1. Verfasser: Chandler, Jake
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bayesian epistemology
Conditional probabilities
Direct evidence
Education
Empirical evidence
Entailment
Epistemology
Failure
Knowledge
Logic
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Science
Principles
Probability
Probability distributions
Semantic externalism
Semantics
Sufficient conditions
Syntactical consequents
Voting
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Zusammenfassung:Crispin Wright's discussion of the notion of 'transmission-failure' promises to have important philosophical ramifications, both in epistemology and beyond. This paper offers a precise, formal characterisation of the concept within a Bayesian framework. The interpretation given avoids the serious shortcomings of a recent alternative proposal due to Samir Okasha.
ISSN:0039-7857
1573-0964
DOI:10.1007/s11229-009-9570-4