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It seems improbable that life would exist in a naturalistic universe. But if the universe were spatially infinite, then seemingly improbable events would be expected to happen; life would be expected ...
Surprise and Evidence in Statistical Model Checking
Confirmation Induction Statistics Evidence
2008/4/21
There is considerable confusion about the role of p-values in statistical model checking. To clarify that point, I introduce the distinction between measures of surprise and measures of evidence which...
The Variety-of-Evidence Thesis and the Reliability of Instruments: A Bayesian-Network Approach
Confirmation theory Bayesianism variety of evidence thesis
2008/4/21
The variety of evidence thesis in confirmation theory states that more varied supporting evidence confirms a
hypothesis to a greater degree than less varied evidence. Under a very plausible interpret...
'Two as Good as One Hundred'--Poorly Replicated Evidence is Some 19th Century Neuroscientific Research
Poorly Replicated Evidence
2008/4/21
According to a received doctrine, espoused, by Karl Popper and Harry Collins, and taken for granted by many others, poorly replicated evidence should be epistemically defective and incapable of persua...
According to the underdetermination thesis, all evidence necessarily underdetermines any scientific theory. Thus it is often argued that our agreement on the content of mature scientific theories must...
Model, Theory, and Evidence in the Discovery of the DNA Structure
DNA structure model-building phenomenologically-driven view
2008/4/15
In this paper I discuss the discovery of the DNA structure by Francis Crick and James Watson, which has provoked a large historical literature but has yet not found entry into philosophical debates. I...
God, Fine-Tuning, and the Problem of Old Evidence
fine-tuning argument argument from design
2008/4/14
The fundamental constants that are involved in the laws of physics which describe our universe are finely-tuned for life, in the sense that if some of the constants had slightly different values life ...