| Title: | Coherence as a constraint on scientific inquiry |
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| Authors: | ID Trpin, Borut (Author)
ID Justin, Martin (Author) |
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| Files: |  RAZ_Trpin_Borut_2025.pdf (1,92 MB)
MD5: C1A1755544820A0F22B005AD9C74A4BA
 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-025-05281-3
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FF - Faculty of Arts
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| Abstract: | We investigate the epistemic role of coherence in scientific reasoning, focusing on its use as a heuristic for filtering evidence. Using a novel computational model based on Bayesian networks, we simulate agents who update their beliefs under varying levels of noise and bias. Some agents treat reductions in coherence as higher-order evidence and interpret such drops as signals that something has gone epistemically awry, even when the source of error is unclear. Our results show that this strategy can improve belief accuracy in noisy environments but tends to mis lead when evidence is systematically biased. We explore the implications for the rationality of coherence-based reasoning in science. |
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| Keywords: | coherence, higher-order evidence, belief updating, Bayesian networks, scientific reasoning |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Article acceptance date: | 17.09.2025 |
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| Publication date: | 07.10.2025 |
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| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-28 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 206, št. 4, št. članka 200 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-95693  |
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| UDC: | 165 |
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| ISSN on article: | 0039-7857 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 252444675 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s11229-025-05281-3 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 04.03.2026 |
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| Views: | 183 |
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| Downloads: | 1 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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