On Coherent Sets and the Transmission of Confirmation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10707017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Franz Dietrich (0000-0001-5300-0109, University of Konstanz), Luca Moretti (0000-0003-4596-8528, University of Konstanz) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 403-424 |
| Publication date | 2005-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/498471 |
| OpenAlex | W2015485411 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 15 |
In this paper, we identify a new and mathematically well-defined sense in which the coherence of a set of hypotheses can be truth-conducive. Our focus is not, as usual, on the probability, but rather on the confirmation of a coherent set and its members. We show that if evidence confirms a hypothesis, confirmation is ‘transmitted’ to any hypotheses that are sufficiently coherent with the former hypothesis, according to some appropriate probabilistic coherence measure such as Olsson's or Fitelson's measure. Our findings have implications for scientific methodology, as they provide a formal rationale for the method of indirect confirmation and the method of confirming theories by confirming their parts
Calculus (dental) · Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) · Data mining · Epistemology · Focus (optics) · Mathematical economics · Measure (data warehouse) · Physics · Probabilistic logic · Set (abstract data type) · Statistics · Artificial Intelligence · Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
How to Think about Indirect Confirmation
Plausibilistic coherence
Rigorous results, cross-model justification, and the transfer of empirical warrant
Reliability conducive measures of coherence
Guest editor’s introduction
Ways in which coherence is confirmation conducive
Coherence, striking agreement, and reliability
An analysis of knowledge and valuation .
The structure of empirical knowledge
Causality
Empirical Equivalence and Underdetermination
No help for the coherentist
What Is the Problem of Coherence and Truth?
Too Odd (Not) to Be True? A Reply to Olsson
Empirical Equivalence, Underdetermination, and Systems of the World
A Bayesian Account of Independent Evidence with Applications
Degree of Factual Support
Bayesian Networks and the Problem of Unreliable Instruments
A Condition for Transitivity in Probabilistic Support
Laudan and Leplin on Empirical Equivalence
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,37 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |