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Chapter 6 - Questions of Evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2021

David A. Lagnado
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University College London
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Chapter 6 examines the legal concept of evidence and the key dimensions of relevance, strength and reliability. I argue that a purely probabilistic conception of evidence is insufficient and present a causal perspective on evidence. The causal approach provides a unified framework to capture the interrelations between hypotheses and evidence and helps us to assess probabilistic relevance and strength. This perspective lays the foundation for a principled approach to modelling legal cases, which I develop in Chapter 10.

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Explaining the Evidence
How the Mind Investigates the World
, pp. 132 - 155
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Questions of Evidence
  • David A. Lagnado, University College London
  • Book: Explaining the Evidence
  • Online publication: 20 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511794520.007
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  • Questions of Evidence
  • David A. Lagnado, University College London
  • Book: Explaining the Evidence
  • Online publication: 20 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511794520.007
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  • Questions of Evidence
  • David A. Lagnado, University College London
  • Book: Explaining the Evidence
  • Online publication: 20 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511794520.007
Available formats
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