The implementation, interpretation, and justification of likelihoods in cosmology

Casey Mccoy

doi:10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.05.002

The implementation, interpretation, and justification of likelihoods in cosmology

Casey Mccoy

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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I discuss the formal implementation, interpretation, and justification of likelihood attributions in cosmology. I show that likelihood arguments in cosmology suffer from significant conceptual and formal problems that undermine their applicability in this context.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-17
Journal	Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Early online date	2 Jun 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.05.002
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 2 Jun 2017

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cosmology
probability
general relativity
typicality

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