The implementation, interpretation, and justification of likelihoods in cosmology

May, 2018
17 pages
Published in:
  • Stud.Hist.Phil.Sci.B 62 (2018) 19-35
  • Published: May, 2018

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
I discuss the formal implementation, interpretation, and justification of likelihood attributions in cosmology. I show that likelihood arguments in cosmology suffer from significant conceptual and formal problems that undermine their applicability in this context.
  • Cosmology
  • Probability
  • General relativity
  • Typicality
  • cosmological model
  • data analysis method
  • statistical analysis
  • general relativity