Exhuming the no-miracles argument
Howson, C.
(2013).
Exhuming the no-miracles argument.
Analysis,
73(2), 205-211.
https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/ant012
The No-Miracles Argument has a natural representation as a probabilistic argument. As such, it commits the base-rate fallacy. In this article, I argue that a recent attempt to show that there is still a serviceable version that avoids the base-rate fallacy fails, and with it all realistic hope of resuscitating the argument.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2013 The Author © 2013 Oxford University Press |
| Departments | LSE > Academic Departments > Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method |
| DOI | 10.1093/analys/ant012 |
| Date Deposited | 21 May 2013 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/50350 |
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