The Reference Class Problem Is Your Problem Too¶
Hájek, A. (2007). The Reference Class Problem Is Your Problem Too. Synthese, 156(3), 563-585.
Cited by¶
1 citation across 1 artifact.
Each citation links to the sentence it supports in the citing article.
Mechanisms¶
- Reference Population Note
- It is what keeps "4.1%" or "1 in 8" from being silently re-based when it's quoted downstream — a written instance of the reference-class problem, the fact that the same case belongs to many populations
This sourceDefines the reference-class problem: the same case can belong to multiple classifications and receive different probabilities under each.
- It is what keeps "4.1%" or "1 in 8" from being silently re-based when it's quoted downstream — a written instance of the reference-class problem, the fact that the same case belongs to many populations
Verification¶
This reference passed the adversarial substantiation pipeline: it was checked to exist and to support the claim it is attached to. See how references were verified.
Registry ID ref:f125b139285b · see in the full table