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Lewis D. Ross - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Legal proof and statistical conjunctions
    Philosophical Studies, 2020
    Co-Authors: Lewis D. Ross
    Abstract:

    A question, long discussed by legal scholars, has recently provoked a considerable amount of Philosophical Attention: ‘Is it ever appropriate to base a legal verdict on statistical evidence alone?’ Many philosophers who have considered this question reject legal reliance on bare statistics, even when the odds of error are extremely low. This paper develops a puzzle for the dominant theories concerning why we should eschew bare statistics. Namely, there seem to be compelling scenarios in which there are multiple sources of incriminating statistical evidence . As we conjoin together different types of statistical evidence, it becomes increasingly incredible to suppose that a positive verdict would be impermissible. I suggest that none of the dominant views in the literature can easily accommodate such cases, and close by offering a diagnosis of my own.

Martina Wiltschko - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The grammar of truth
    Inquiry, 2018
    Co-Authors: Wolfram Hinzen, Martina Wiltschko
    Abstract:

    Much Philosophical Attention has been devoted to the truth predicates of natural language and their logic. However, lexical truth predicates are neither necessary nor sufficient for a truth-attribu...

Stéphanie Ruphy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Are Stellar Kinds Natural Kinds? A Challenging Newcomer in the Monism/Pluralism and Realism/Antirealism Debates
    Philosophy of Science, 2010
    Co-Authors: Stéphanie Ruphy
    Abstract:

    Stars are remarkably absent from reflections on natural kinds and classifications, with gold, tiger, jade, and water getting all the Philosophical Attention. It is a pity, for interesting Philosophical lessons can be drawn from stellar taxonomy as regards two central debates about natural kinds, to wit, the monism/pluralism debate and the realism/antirealism debate. I show in particular that stellar kinds will not please the essentialist monist, nor will it please the pluralist embracing promiscuous realism a la Dupre. I conclude on a more general note by questioning the relationship between taxonomic scientific practice and Philosophical doctrines of natural kinds.

  • Are Stellar Kinds Natural Kinds? A Challenging Newcomer in the Monism/Pluralism and Realism/Antirealism Debate
    Philosophy of Science, 2009
    Co-Authors: Stéphanie Ruphy
    Abstract:

    Stars are conspicuously absent from reflections on natural kinds and classifications, with gold, tiger, jade, and water getting all the Philosophical Attention. This is too bad for, as this paper will demonstrate, interesting Philosophical lessons can be drawn from stellar taxonomy as regards two central, on-going debates about natural kinds, to wit, the monism/pluralism debate and the realism/antirealism debate. I show in particular that stellar kinds will not please the essentialist monist, nor for that matter will it please the pluralist embracing promiscuous realism à la Dupré. I conclude on a more general note by questioning the relationship between taxonomic scientific practice and Philosophical doctrines of natural kinds.

Jacob Beck - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Analogue Magnitude Representations: A Philosophical Introduction
    The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 2015
    Co-Authors: Jacob Beck
    Abstract:

    Empirical discussions of mental representation appeal to a wide variety of representational kinds. Some of these kinds, such as the sentential representations underlying language use and the pictorial representations of visual imagery, are thoroughly familiar to philosophers. Others have received almost no Philosophical Attention at all. Included in this latter category are analogue magnitude representations, which enable a wide range of organisms to primitively represent spatial, temporal, numerical, and related magnitudes. This article aims to introduce analogue magnitude representations to a Philosophical audience by rehearsing empirical evidence for their existence and analysing their format, their content, and the computations they support.

  • Analogue Magnitude Representations: A Philosophical
    2014
    Co-Authors: Jacob Beck
    Abstract:

    Empirical discussions of mental representation appeal to a wide variety of representational kinds. Some of these kinds, such as the sentential representations underlying language use and the pictorial representations of visual imagery, are thoroughly familiar to philosophers. Others have received almost no Philosophical Attention at all. Included in this latter category are analogue magnitude representations, which enable a wide range of organisms to primitively represent spatial, temporal, numerical, and related magnitudes. This article aims to introduce analogue magnitude representations to a Philosophical audience by rehearsing empirical evidence for their existence and analysing their format, their content, and the computations they support.

Wolfram Hinzen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The grammar of truth
    Inquiry, 2018
    Co-Authors: Wolfram Hinzen, Martina Wiltschko
    Abstract:

    Much Philosophical Attention has been devoted to the truth predicates of natural language and their logic. However, lexical truth predicates are neither necessary nor sufficient for a truth-attribu...