Back to Search
Start Over
Focused Correlation and Confirmation.
- Source :
-
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science . Mar2009, Vol. 60 Issue 1, p79-100. 22p. 1 Chart. - Publication Year :
- 2009
-
Abstract
- This essay presents results about a deviation from independence measure called focused correlation. This measure explicates the formal relationship between probabilistic dependence of an evidence set and the incremental confirmation of a hypothesis, resolves a basic question underlying Peter Klein and Ted Warfield's `truth-conduciveness' problem for Bayesian coherentism, and provides a qualified rebuttal to Erik Olsson's claim that there is no informative link between correlation and confirmation. The generality of the result is compared to recent programs in Bayesian epistemology that attempt to link correlation and confirmation by utilizing a conditional evidential independence condition. Several properties of focused correlation are also highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00070882
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37011178
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axn048