The Bayesian Treatment of Auxiliary Hypotheses: Reply to Fitelson and Waterman

Michael Strevens
2005 British Journal for the Philosophy of Science  
A Fitelson and Waterman (2004)'s principal objection to Strevens (2001)'s Bayesian treatment of auxiliary hypotheses rests on a misinterpretation of Strevens's central claim about the negligibility of certain small probabilities. The present paper clarifies and proves a very general version of the claim.
doi:10.1093/bjps/axi133 fatcat:ytonkcb2yraz5cwkyjy47cawti