The Formal Structure(s) of Analogical Inference.
Recently, Dardashti et al. (Stud Hist Philos Sci Part B Stud Hist Philos Mod Phys 67:1–11, 2019) proposed a Bayesian model for establishing Hawking radiation by analogical inference. In this paper we investigate whether their model would work as a general model for analogical inference. We study how...
| Publicado en: | Erkenntnis Vol. 91; no. 2; pp. 923 - 954 |
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