Error and the Growth of Experimental Knowledge¶
Mayo, D. G. (1996). Error and the Growth of Experimental Knowledge. University of Chicago Press.
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Primes¶
- Falsifiability
- Surviving severe tests genuinely raises rational confidence; the asymmetry only insists that this confidence remains corroboration rather than proof, held provisionally and sized to the severity of the tests passed.
This sourceDevelops the severe-testing / error-statistical account: surviving tests a claim would probably have failed if false yields corroboration proportional to test severity rather than proof, and frames the cross-domain practice of learning from error.
- Surviving severe tests genuinely raises rational confidence; the asymmetry only insists that this confidence remains corroboration rather than proof, held provisionally and sized to the severity of the tests passed.
Mechanisms¶
- Disconfirming Probe Plan
- Its strength is that it is the direct antidote to the confirmation spiral and the self-sealing story: a probe designed to fail is worth more than ten that were bound to pass, because only the former can actually change your mind.
This sourceExplains that severe probes are likely to expose a specified error and that easy-to-pass tests provide weak evidence.
- Its strength is that it is the direct antidote to the confirmation spiral and the self-sealing story: a probe designed to fail is worth more than ten that were bound to pass, because only the former can actually change your mind.
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