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1 online resource |
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Synthese Library ; v. 362 |
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Synthese library ; v. 362.
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THE BAYESIAN APPROACH TO ARGUMENTATION -- Testimony and Argument: A Bayesian Perspective / Ulrike Hahn, Mike Oaksford, Adam J.L. Harris -- Why Are We Convinced by the Ad Hominem Argument?: Bayesian Source Reliability and Pragma-Dialectical Discussion Rules / Mike Oaksford, Ulrike Hahn -- THE LEGAL DOMAIN -- A Survey of Uncertainties and Their Consequences in Probabilistic Legal Argumentation / Matthias Grabmair, Kevin D. Ashley -- Was It Wrong to Use Statistics in R v Clark? A Case Study of the Use of Statistical Evidence in Criminal Courts / Amit Pundik -- MODELING RATIONAL AGENTS -- A Bayesian Simulation Model of Group Deliberation and Polarization / Erik J. Olsson -- Degrees of Justification, Bayes' Rule, and Rationality / Gregor Betz -- Argumentation with (Bounded) Rational Agents / Robert van Rooij, Kris de Jaegher -- THEORETICAL ISSUES -- Reductio, Coherence, and the Myth of Epistemic Circularity / Tomoji Shogenji -- On Argument Strength / Niki Pfeifer -- Upping the Stakes and the Preface Paradox / Jonny Blamey |
| Summary |
Relevant to, and drawing from, a range of disciplines, the chapters in this collection show the diversity, and applicability, of research in Bayesian argumentation. Together, they form a challenge to philosophers versed in both the use and criticism of Bayesian models who have largely overlooked their potential in argumentation. Selected from contributions to a multidisciplinary workshop on the topic held in Lund, Sweden, in autumn 2010, the authors count legal scholars and cognitive scientists among their number, in addition to philosophers. They analyze material that includes real-life court cases, experimental research results, and the insights gained from computer models. The volume provides a formal measure of subjective argument strength and argument force, robust enough to allow advocates of opposing sides of an argument to agree on the relative strengths of their supporting reasoning. With papers from leading figures such as Mike Oaksford and Ulrike Hahn, the book comprises recent research conducted at the frontiers of Bayesian argumentation and provides a multitude of examples in which these formal tools can be applied to informal argument. It signals new and impending developments in philosophy, which has seen Bayesian models deployed in formal epistemology and philosophy of science, but has yet to explore the full potential of Bayesian models as a framework in argumentation. In doing so, this revealing anthology looks destined to become a standard teaching text in years to come |
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Genetic epistemology |
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Applied psychology |
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Epistemology |
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Industrial and Organisational Psychology |
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Methodology of the Social Sciences |
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Simulation and Modeling |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Bayesian statistical decision theory -- Congresses
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Knowledge, Theory of -- Congresses
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MATHEMATICS -- Probability & Statistics -- Bayesian Analysis.
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Droit.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Bayesian statistical decision theory
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Knowledge, Theory of
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zenker, Frank.
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| ISBN |
9789400753570 |
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9400753578 |
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940075356X |
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9789400753563 |
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9781283936095 |
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1283936097 |
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