Justice in epistemic gaps: The 'proof paradox' revisited.

This paper defends the heretical view that sometimes we ought to assign legal liability based on statistical evidence alone. Recent literature focuses on potential unfairness to the defending party if we rely on bare statistics. Here, I show that capitulating in response to 'epistemic gaps'—cases wh...

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Published in:Philosophical Issues Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 315 - 334
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Oct2021
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