Failed Refutations: Further Comments on Parsimony and Likelihood Methods and Their Relationship to Popper's Degree of Corroboration

Kluge's (2001, Syst. Biol. 50:322-330) continued arguments that phylogenetic methods based on the statistical principle of likelihood are incompatible with the philosophy of science described by Karl Popper are based on false premises related to Kluge's misrepresentations of Popper's...

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Published in:	Systematic biology Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 352 - 367
Main Authors:	de Queiroz, Kevin, Poe, Steven
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Taylor and Francis 01.06.2003 Oxford University Press
Subjects:	Cladistics Falsificationism Genetics Hypotheses Inference Knowledge Likelihood Functions Logical givens Parsimony Philosophy Phylogenetics Phylogeny Popper, Karl Raimund, Sir (1902-1994) Probability Probability Theory Ratio test Steels Taxa Verificationism
ISSN:	1063-5157, 1076-836X
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