A Bayesian Baseline for Belief in Uncommon Events

The plausibility of uncommon events and miracles based on testimony of such an event has been much discussed. When analyzing the probabilities involved, it has mostly been assumed that the common events can be taken as data in the calculations. However, we usually have only testimonies for the commo...

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Main Author: Palonen, Vesa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham [2017]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Pages: 159-175
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Unexplainable phenomenon / Faith / Attest / Event / Normalcy
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
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