The probabilistic analysis of testimony |
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Authors: | S. L. Zabell |
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Affiliation: | Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The probabilistic analysis of testimony is surveyed. The coverage is not comprehensive; attention is focused on several problems of particular interest or complexity. The theory often contains implicit assumptions, and some attempt is made to clarify the role these play. The theory originally arose in an attempt to understand the logic of belief. It was not empirically grounded, however, and later died out in the 19th century when its conclusions became largely self-evident, and its non-empirical background suspect. |
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Keywords: | Testimony evidence Condorcet Laplace Hume Campbell-Price paradox Eddington |
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