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work_6dwxz2p3sfflrhhxrpng5qojtm	James Hawthorne	Discussion: Re‐solving Irrelevant Conjunction with Probabilistic Independence*	2004	5	.pdf	application/pdf	3540	544	80	The problem of irrelevant conjunction was originally raised as a problem for hypothetico-deductive (H-D) accounts of confirmation. holds, a proper Bayesian solution to the problem of irrelevant conjunction Fitelson then proves two theorems that bear on the problem of irrelevant conjunction for both deductive and non-deductive evidence. first theorem shows that the apparent problem persists even in non-deductive cases—that if E confirms H, but X is confirmationally irrelevant case of the ratio measure r it says that if Pr (EFH7X7K ) p Pr (EFH7K ) and (i.e. H is confirmed by E given K on measure r), thenr(H, EFK ) 1 1 (i.e. H7X is confirmed by E given K on measure l).l(H7X, EFK ) 1 1 (i.e. H7X is confirmed by E given K on measure l).l(H7X, EFK ) 1 1 Fitelson, Branden (1999), "The Plurality of Bayesian Measures of Confirmation and the	./cache/work_6dwxz2p3sfflrhhxrpng5qojtm.pdf	./txt/work_6dwxz2p3sfflrhhxrpng5qojtm.txt