A bayesian account of independent evidence with applications

Proceedings of the Philosophy of Science Association 2001 (3):S123- (2001)
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outlined. This account is partly inspired by the work of C.S. Peirce. When we want to consider how degree of confirmation varies with changing I show that a large class of quantitative Bayesian measures of con-.

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