Sentence examples for * my credence from inspiring English sources

Conditional on it landing heads, my credence in heads is 1, for instance.

If I've seen the coin land heads, that its chance of landing heads was 0.5 at some earlier time is no reason to have my credence in heads be 0.5.

In this case, we appeal to the epistemic version of Naive Dominance to show what is wrong with my credences.

In this case, we would say that there is something wrong with my credences, for if it lands on six, it lands on an even number, and I ought not to believe a proposition more strongly than I believe any of its logical consequences.

Conversely, if all I know is that the chance is 0.5, that's no reason for my conditional credence in heads to be 0.5 conditional on anything at all.

What gave the article credence in my eyes was its byline.

It just adds credence to my belief that she is the best female athlete Britain has ever produced.

He has lent credence to my intuition about the driving force behind my teenage aspiration to help people to be happy by showing them that they are loved.

Law was the shortest-serving Prime Minister of the 20th century, which might give some credence to my theory that Virgos are unsuited to premiership.

That would tend to lend credence to my argument that group decisions often reflect not the collective judgment of members, but are rather disproportionately influenced by the opinions of those who are most engaged with the issues.

It was my goal to give credence to every snowflake.