The Status of Prior Probabilities in Statistical Explanation
- 1 April 1965
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Philosophy of Science
- Vol. 32 (2) , 137-146
- https://doi.org/10.1086/288033
Abstract
A consideration of some basic problems that arise in the attempt to provide an adequate characterization of statistical explanation is taken to show that an understanding of the nature of scientific explanation requires us to deal with the philosophical problems connected with the nature of prior probabilities.Keywords
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- The Structure of ScienceAmerican Journal of Physics, 1961