Empirical evidence claims are a priori.

This paper responds to Achinstein’s criticism of the thesis that the only empirical fact that can affect the truth of an objective evidence claim such as ‘ is evidence for ’ (or ‘ confirms to degree ’) is the truth of . It shows that cases involving evidential flaws, which form the basis for Achins...

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Published in:	Synthese Vol. 190; no. 13; pp. 2821 - 2835
Main Author:	Rowbottom, Darrell P.
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Sep2013
Subjects:	Evidence Achinstein, Peter A priori Empiricism Philosophy of science Social epistemology Machine learning
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