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Does the No Alternatives Argument Need Gerrymandering to Be Significant?

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: In a recent paper, Tushar Menon has argued that the no-alternatives argument can only be significant if the priors for numbers of alternatives are tuned in an implausible way (gerrymandered, as he calls it). In this paper, I demonstrate that priors needed for making a no-alternatives argument significant are in line with what can be plausibly assumed in a successful research field.

Source: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

DOI: 10.1086/717081

Author: Richard Dawid

Language: English

Topic: Philosophy and History of Science

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Vetenskapsrådet

Award: G4756698545

OpenAlex ID: W3144929154