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A Comment On The Supposed Paradoxes Of A Mathematical Interpretation Of The Logic Of Trials, Dale A. Nance
A Comment On The Supposed Paradoxes Of A Mathematical Interpretation Of The Logic Of Trials, Dale A. Nance
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This symposium has renewed discussion of the apparent paradox of at- tempting to apply mathematical probabilities to the logic of trials. Brought to academic attention by the stimulating work of L. Jonathan Cohen,' the debate reflects a more general controversy over the virtues of quantifying legal decisionmaking. In this brief comment I do not intend to take sides either in this debate or in the more general controversy. I want only to draw attention to a weakness in the legal interpretations which underlie much of the debate.
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