Is there a place in Bayesian confirmation theory for the reverse Matthew effect?

DOI10.1007/S11229-016-1286-7zbMath1398.62014OpenAlexW2566288584MaRDI QIDQ1989962

William A. Roche

Publication date: 29 October 2018

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-016-1286-7

zbMATH Keywords

confirmationBayesian confirmation theorypartial entailmentincrease in probabilitypartial discriminationpartial dependencePopper corroborationreverse Matthew effect

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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Uses Software

• PrSAT

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• PrSAT
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