id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_j2n3znsp3bhf5dysu4xpbkqane Luc Bovens Bayesian Networks and the Problem of Unreliable Instruments 2002 59 .pdf application/pdf 10725 954 63 for a hypothesis to receive strong confirmation, even when scientific instruments to test The Bayesian Network also represents a series of other conditional independences, e.g. REP ⊥ HYP|CON. independent LTFR instruments and test the very same testable consequence with these additional confirming report from a second independent LTFR instrument. a and r, we test a first consequence of a hypothesis, receive a positive report and are confirmation from a second positive report from one and the same LTFR instrument or confirmation from a second positive report from one and the same LTFR instrument or report than an independent auxiliary theory for lower prior probability values of the reliability of the instrument may lower the degree of confirmation for the hypothesis. reliability of the instrument is supported by an independent auxiliary theory. hypothesis to receive positive reports from one or from two instruments. hypothesis to receive positive reports from one or from two instruments. ./cache/work_j2n3znsp3bhf5dysu4xpbkqane.pdf ./txt/work_j2n3znsp3bhf5dysu4xpbkqane.txt