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De‐Biasing Legal Fact‐Finders With Bayesian Thinking
Author(s) -
Dahlman Christian
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
topics in cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.191
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1756-8765
pISSN - 1756-8757
DOI - 10.1111/tops.12419
Subject(s) - bayesian probability , artificial intelligence , bayes' theorem , psychology , computer science , cognitive psychology
This article shows how Bayesian thinking can help legal fact‐finders to avoid some common fallacies and biases in the evaluation of legal evidence ( false dichotomy , dependence neglect , and miss rate neglect ).