6 ideas
14361 | Lewis says indicative conditionals are truth-functional [Lewis, by Jackson] |
8434 | In good counterfactuals the consequent holds in world like ours except that the antecedent is true [Lewis, by Horwich] |
2798 | Probability of H, given evidence E, is prob(H) x prob(E given H) / prob(E) [Horwich] |
2799 | Bayes' theorem explains why very surprising predictions have a higher value as evidence [Horwich] |
19045 | Translation is too flimsy a notion to support theories of cultural incommensurability [Quine] |
9419 | A law of nature is a general axiom of the deductive system that is best for simplicity and strength [Lewis] |