Is the conjunction fallacy tied to probabilistic confirmation?

Synthese

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-27

  Schupbach, Jonah N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesianism; Confirmation; Conjunction fallacy; Experimental philosophy; Probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 83355176426     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9698-2     Document Type: Article

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