Schupbach, Jonah N. (2015) The Possibility of Coherentism and the Stringency of Ceteris Paribus Conditions. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 30 (1). pp. 43-52. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
Schupbach (2008) puts forward a "possibility result" for Bayesian Coherentism, showing that there exist plausible sets of ceteris paribus conditions that imply that coherence is truth-conducive. Against this result, Schubert (2012) has argued that Schupbach's considered ceteris paribus conditions are "jointly inconsistent". In this article, I first show that Schubert's attempted proof of this claim is fallacious, and hence that the possibility result still stands. Next, I consider a related criticism of Schupbach's result, inspired by Olsson's (2005) constraints on ceteris paribus conditions. This leads to a general discussion of the principle(s) that should guide one in choosing such conditions.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | Bayesianism; Ceteris Paribus Conditions; Coherence; Confirmation; Impossibility Results; Probability | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jun 2016 19:51 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2016 19:51 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 12125 | ||||||
| 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.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/v... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.11725 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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| Date: | January 2015 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 43-52 | ||||||
| Volume: | 30 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12125 |
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