Suppose you see a professor reading a philosophy text and taking…

Suppose you see a professor reading a philosophy text and taking…

Suppose you see a professor reading a philosophy

text and taking what appears to be lecture notes. Since you know that all philosophy professors read philosophical texts and most other professors do not, you can confidently conclude that this professor is a philosophy professor. True or false?
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a
True because the P(E|H)/P(E|~H) = a high strength factor

b
False because we do not know the relevant base rates

c
True because only philosophy professors teach from philosophical texts

d
False because there’s a common cause