When No Reason For Is A Reason Against

Eva, Benjamin; Hartmann, Stephan (21. November 2017): When No Reason For Is A Reason Against. In: Analysis [Forthcoming]

Abstract

We provide a Bayesian justification of the idea that, under certain conditions, the absence of an argument in favour of the truth of a hypothesis H constitutes a good argument against the truth of H.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Form of publication: Preprint
• Keywords: Bayesian Epistemology, Argumentation
• Faculties: Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science > Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP); Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science > Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) > Epistemology
• Subjects: 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 100 Philosophy
• ISSN: 00032638
• Language: English