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Reasonable Doubt, Robust Evidential Probability and the Unknown

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Main Author: Jellema, Hylke
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Springer 2023
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Reasonable Doubt
Robust Evidential Probability
Online Access:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11572-023-09685-5
https://dlib.phenikaa-uni.edu.vn/handle/PNK/9175
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spelling oai:localhost:PNK-91752023-09-25T03:15:54Z Reasonable Doubt, Robust Evidential Probability and the Unknown Jellema, Hylke Reasonable Doubt Robust Evidential Probability CC-BY Most legal evidence scholars agree that proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt requires the belief that the defendant probably committed the alleged acts. However, they also agree that this is not a sufficient condition, as this belief may be unreasonable. I focus on two popular proposals for additional conditions: (i) that the degree of belief should be robust and (ii) that it should be reasonable given the available evidence (should be an evidential probability). Both criteria face difficulties regarding their meaning and utility. I propose an interpretation which overcomes these difficulties and which combines the two conditions into a single criterion on which both conditions are about the possibility of overlooked, exculpatory information. Proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt requires that we are sufficiently certain that we did not miss such information for the sake of achieving accurate beliefs and a just error distribution. 2023-09-25T03:15:54Z 2023-09-25T03:15:54Z 2023 Book https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11572-023-09685-5 https://dlib.phenikaa-uni.edu.vn/handle/PNK/9175 en application/pdf Springer
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Robust Evidential Probability
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Robust Evidential Probability
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Reasonable Doubt, Robust Evidential Probability and the Unknown
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title Reasonable Doubt, Robust Evidential Probability and the Unknown
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https://dlib.phenikaa-uni.edu.vn/handle/PNK/9175
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