Bayesianism and the idea of scientific rationality

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Philosophy

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Croatian Journal of Philosophy

Volume

17

Issue

49

First Page

33

Last Page

43

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Abstract

Bayesianism has been dubbed as the most adequate and successful theory of scientific rationality. Its success mainly lies in its ability to combine two mutually exclusive elements involved in the process of theory selection in science, viz.: the subjective and objective elements. My aim in this paper is to explain and evaluate Bayesianism's account of scientific rationality by contrasting it with two other accounts.

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Disciplines

Philosophy of Science

Keywords

Science—Philosophy

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