McCoy, C.D. (2018) The implementation, interpretation, and justification of likelihoods in cosmology. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 62. pp. 19-35. ISSN 1355-2198

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I discuss the formal implementation, interpretation, and justification of likelihood attributions in cosmology. I show that likelihood arguments in cosmology suffer from significant conceptual and formal problems that undermine their epistemic credentials.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID McCoy, C.D. casey.mccoy@ed.ac.uk 0000-0002-7921-4911
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology
Depositing User:	Dr. Casey McCoy
Date Deposited:	07 Jun 2018 21:29
Last Modified:	07 Jun 2018 21:29
Item ID:	14757
Journal or Publication Title:	Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Publisher:	Elsevier
Official URL:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.05.002
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology
Date:	19 May 2018
Page Range:	pp. 19-35
Volume:	62
ISSN:	1355-2198
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14757

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