Phil 6334: Day 3 Slides

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Day #3: Spanos lecture notes 2, and reading/resources from Feb 6 seminar 

6334 Day 3 slides: Spanos-lecture-2

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Crupi & Tentori (2010). Irrelevant Conjunction: Statement and Solution of a New Paradox, Phil Sci, 77, 1–13.

Hawthorne & Fitelson (2004). Re-Solving Irrelevant Conjunction with Probabilistic Independence, Phil Sci 71: 505–514.

Skryms (1975) Choice and Chance 2nd ed. Chapter V and Carnap (pp. 206-211), Dickerson Pub. Co.

Mayo posts on the tacking paradox: Oct. 25, 2013: “Bayesian Confirmation Philosophy and the Tacking Paradox (iv)*” &  Oct 25.

An update on this issue will appear shortly in a separate blogpost.

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READING FOR NEXT WEEK
Selection (pp. 35-59) from: Popper (1962). Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge. Basic Books. 

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