Confirmation and reduction: a Bayesian account

DOI10.1007/S11229-010-9775-6zbMath1219.03012OpenAlexW2133579952MaRDI QIDQ542118

Yong-Cai Geng, Sumit K. Garg

Publication date: 8 June 2011

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-010-9775-6

zbMATH Keywords

Bayesian epistemologyBayesian network modelsNagelian reductionthermodynamics and statistical mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A05) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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Uses Software

• TETRAD

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• Confirmation and reduction: a Bayesian account
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