Reiss, Julian (2014) What's Wrong With Our Theories of Evidence? THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 29 (2). pp. 283-306. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
This paper reviews all major theories of evidence such as the Bayesian theory, hypothetico-deductivism, satisfaction theories, error-statistics, Achinstein's explanationist theory and Cartwright's argument theory. All these theories fail to take adequate account of the context in which a hypothesis is established and used. It is argued that the context of an inquiry determines important facts about what evidence is, and how much and what kind has to be collected to establish a hypothesis for a given purpose.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | Scientific method; evidence; Bayesian confirmation theory; error statistics; contextualism. | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Confirmation/Induction | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jul 2014 12:29 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 12 Jul 2014 12:29 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 10869 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/vi... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.10782 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Confirmation/Induction | ||||||
| Date: | 1 May 2014 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 283-306 | ||||||
| Volume: | 29 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10869 |
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