Can there be a Bayesian explanationism? On the prospects of a productive partnership

DOI10.1007/s11229-015-0990-zzbMath1417.03112OpenAlexW2285722471MaRDI QIDQ1708783

Frank Cabrera

Publication date: 27 March 2018

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/13438/7/Can%20There%20Be%20A%20Bayesian%20Explanationism%20On%20the%20Prospects%20of%20a%20Productive%20Partnership.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

Bayesianisminference to the best explanationIBEexplanatory virtuesvalues in science

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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