A paradox of confirmation

Erkenntnis 29 (2):169 - 180 (1988)
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I present a puzzle which seems simple, but is found to have interesting implications for confirmation. Its dissolution also helps us to throw light on the relationship between first- and second-order probabilities construed as rational degrees of belief.

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