A New Garber-Style Solution to the Problem of Old Evidence

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Philosophy of Science 82 (4):712-717 (2015)
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In this discussion note, we explain how to relax some of the standard assumptions made in Garber-style solutions to the Problem of Old Evidence. The result is a more general and explanatory Bayesian approach

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Branden Fitelson
Northeastern University
Stephan Hartmann
Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München

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