Hypotheses and Options (James)

Hypothesis = "anything that may be proposed to our belief" (P 111a)

Live/Dead

"A live hypothesis is one which appeals as a real possibility to him to whom it is proposed." (P 111a)

A dead hypothesis is a hypothesis which is not "live."

Option = "the decision between two hypotheses" (P 111a)


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Richard Lee, rlee@uark.edu, last modified: 21 January 2003