Dawid, Richard (2017) The Significance of Non-Empirical Confirmation in Fundamental Physics. [Preprint]

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In the absence of empirical confirmation, scientists may judge a theory's chances of being viable based on a wide range of arguments. The paper argues that such arguments can differ substantially with regard to their structural similarly to empirical confirmation. Arguments that resemble empirical confirmation in a number of crucial respects provide a better basis for reliable judgement and can, in a Bayesian sense, amount to significant \textit{non-empirical} confirmation. It is shown that three kinds of non-empirical confirmation that have been specified in earlier work do satisfy those conditions.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Dawid, Richard richard.dawid@philosophy.su.se 0000-0002-1472-2958
Keywords:	non-empirical confirmation, Bayesianism, high energy physics, string theory, confirmation, underdetermination
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Depositing User:	Dr. Richard Dawid
Date Deposited:	04 Feb 2017 15:56
Last Modified:	04 Feb 2017 15:56
Item ID:	12791
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Date:	2017
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12791

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