Aufsatz(elektronisch)#125. Oktober 2022
Lord Nicholls on the likelihood of crimes
In: Synthese: an international journal for epistemology, methodology and philosophy of science, Band 200, Heft 6
ISSN: 1573-0964
AbstractIn the decision to the British appeals case Re H (Minors), Judge Lord Nicholls, talking about criminal behavior, stated that "that the more serious the allegation the less likely it is that the event occurred". There is actually quite a bit of discussion about the conclusions that should be drawn from this observation in the literature, but I have not found much discussion of the question whether the observation is right. I find this surprising, and in this essay I want to inspect this question.