Paradoxes of Proof

Abstract

This chapter offers a review of scholarship concerning the proof paradoxes along with some critical comments of my own. Particular attention is given to problems of naked statistical evidence and the conjunction paradox, along with some thoughts on the discursive dilemma as applied to jury voting. For the sake of clarity, I try to separate what is known concerning human intuitions concerning these puzzles, how they are treated by existing law (to the extent they are noticed at all), and which results might be best from a normative perspective.