Probabilistic alternatives to bayesianism: The case of explanationism

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Douven, Igor ^a   Schupbach, Jonah N ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesianism; Explanation; Inference; Probability; Updating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926615164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00459     Document Type: Article

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