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Wayne, Horwich, and Evidential Diversity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Branden Fitelson
Branden Fitelson*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Abstract

In a recent article, Wayne (1995) offers a critique of Horwich's (1982) Bayesian explication of the confirmational significance of evidential diversity. Presently, I argue that Wayne's reconstruction of Horwich's account is not faithful to Horwich's original presentation. Because Wayne's reconstruction is uncharitable, his criticisms turn out to be off the mark. I try to provide a more faithful and charitable rendition of Horwich's account. Unfortunately, even this more charitable reconstruction of Horwich's position seems—at best—to provide an incomplete explication of the confirmational significance of evidential diversity.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 63 , Issue 4 , December 1996 , pp. 652 - 660
Copyright
Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1996

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Footnotes

†

Thanks to Ellery Eells, Malcolm Forster, Geoffrey Hellman, Mike Kruse, Patrick Maher, and an anonymous referee for their helpful comments and suggestions.

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Send reprint requests to the author, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 600 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA.

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