Determinants of confirmation

Psychon Bull Rev. 2007 Oct;14(5):877-83. doi: 10.3758/bf03194115.

Abstract

Epistemologists often suppose that the extent to which evidence e confirms hypothesis H depends on probabilities involving e and H, and nothing more. We show experimentally that human reasoners sometimes violate this assumption.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Linguistics* / statistics & numerical data
  • Models, Psychological*