A Bayesian approach to absent evidence reasoning

Informal Logic

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-65

  Stephens, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absence of evidence; Arguments from ignorance; Bayesianism; Evidence; Evidence of absence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052408585     PISSN: 08242577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22329/il.v31i1.2967     Document Type: Article

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