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A defense of the maxim "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" using logical semantics, demonstrating how critics of the maxim conflate 'absence of evidence' with 'negative evidence'.
Works cited in order cited...
Hall BK, Hallgrímsson B. (2007). Strickberger's Evolution. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
amazon.com/dp/0763700665
Youtube search : "absence of evidence is evidence"
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Stenger, V. (2010) Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence. Huffington Post, August 14, 2010.
huffingtonpost.com/victor-stenger/the-evidence-against-god_b_682169.html
Yudkowsky, E. (2007) Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence. LessWrong.com, August.
lesswrong.com/lw/ih/absence_of_evidence_is_evidence_of_absence
Sober, E. (2009) Absence of Evidence and Evidence of Absence -- Evidential Transitivity in Connection with Fossils, Fishing, Fine-Tuning, and Firing Squads." Philosophical Studies, 143: 63-90.
http://sober.philosophy.wisc.edu/selected-papers/PS-2009-Absense_of_Evidence.pdf?attredirects=0
Music @ the opening is Vivaldi's Spring thanks to Julia Fischer and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields
youtube.com/watch?v=aFHPRi0ZeXE
A defense of the maxim "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" using logical semantics, demonstrating how critics of the maxim conflate 'absence of evidence' with 'negative evidence'.
Works cited in order cited...
Hall BK, Hallgrímsson B. (2007). Strickberger's Evolution. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
amazon.com/dp/0763700665
Youtube search : "absence of evidence is evidence"
youtube.com/results?search_query=%22absence+of+evidence+is+evidence%22
Stenger, V. (2010) Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence. Huffington Post, August 14, 2010.
huffingtonpost.com/victor-stenger/the-evidence-against-god_b_682169.html
Yudkowsky, E. (2007) Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence. LessWrong.com, August.
lesswrong.com/lw/ih/absence_of_evidence_is_evidence_of_absence
Sober, E. (2009) Absence of Evidence and Evidence of Absence -- Evidential Transitivity in Connection with Fossils, Fishing, Fine-Tuning, and Firing Squads." Philosophical Studies, 143: 63-90.
http://sober.philosophy.wisc.edu/selected-papers/PS-2009-Absense_of_Evidence.pdf?attredirects=0
Music @ the opening is Vivaldi's Spring thanks to Julia Fischer and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields
youtube.com/watch?v=aFHPRi0ZeXE
