Dietrich, Franz and Moretti, Luca (2005) On coherent sets and the transmission of confirmation. Philosophy of Science, 72 (3). pp. 403-424. ISSN 0031-8248
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In this paper, we identify a new and mathematically well‐defined sense in which the coherence of a set of hypotheses can be truth‐conducive. Our focus is not, as usual, on the probability, but rather on the confirmation of a coherent set and its members. We show that if evidence confirms a hypothesis, confirmation is ‘transmitted’ to any hypotheses that are sufficiently coherent with the former hypothesis, according to some appropriate probabilistic coherence measure such as Olsson’s or Fitelson’s measure. Our findings have implications for scientific methodology, as they provide a formal rationale for the method of indirect confirmation and the method of confirming theories by confirming their parts.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journa... |
| Additional Information: | © 2005 University of Chicago Press |
| Divisions: | Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method CPNSS |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BC Logic |
| Date Deposited: | 03 May 2011 11:43 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2024 19:24 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/35828 |
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