Bayes or Bust?-A Critical Examination of Bayesian Confirmation Theory.

1995 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
Leland G. Neuberg ◽  
J. Earman
Keyword(s):  
Critical Examination ◽  
Confirmation Theory ◽  
Bayesian Confirmation Theory ◽  
Bayesian Confirmation

Bayesian belief updating after a replication experiment

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex O. Holcombe ◽  
Samuel J. Gershman
Keyword(s):  
Confirmation Theory ◽  
Bayesian Confirmation Theory ◽  
Belief Updating ◽  
Original Experiment ◽  
Bayesian Confirmation ◽  
Replication Experiment

AbstractZwaan et al. and others discuss the importance of the inevitable differences between a replication experiment and the corresponding original experiment. But these discussions are not informed by a principled, quantitative framework for taking differences into account. Bayesian confirmation theory provides such a framework. It will not entirely solve the problem, but it will lead to new insights.

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