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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Entailment
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Failure
Knowledge
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Metaphysics
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Philosophy of Language
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Semantic externalism
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