Who's Afraid of the Base-Rate Fallacy?

This paper evaluates the back-and-forth between Mayo, Howson, and Achinstein over whether classical statistics commits the base-rate fallacy. I show that Mayo is correct to claim that Howson's arguments rely on a misunderstanding of classical theory. I then argue that Achinstein's refined version of...

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Publicado en:Philosophy of Science Vol. 92; no. 2; pp. 453 - 470
Autor principal: Dethier, Corey
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press Apr2025
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