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Epistemology

approach that justifies probabilistic coherence of credences by showing incoherent credences are always less accurate than some coherent alternative.

In epistemology, accuracy-first epistemology refers to approach that justifies probabilistic coherence of credences by showing incoherent credences are always less accurate than some coherent alternative. This meaning comes from Joyce (1998) in Philosophy of Science.[1]

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  1. Joyce, J. M. (1998). A Nonpragmatic Vindication of Probabilism. Philosophy of Science, 65(4), 575-603. https://doi.org/10.1086/392661

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