Elliott, E orcid.org/0000-0002-4387-7967 (2020) ‘Ramseyfying’ Probabilistic Comparativism. Philosophy of Science, 87 (4). pp. 727-754. ISSN 0031-8248
Abstract
Comparativism is the view that comparative confidences (e.g., being more confident that P than that Q) are more fundamental than degrees of belief (e.g.,believing that P with some strength x). In this paper, I outline the basis for a new,non-probabilistic version of comparativism inspired by a suggestion made by Frank Ramsey in ‘Probability and Partial Belief’. I show how, and to what extent, ‘Ramseyan comparativism’ might be used to weaken the (unrealistically strong) probabilistic coherence conditions that comparativism traditionally relies on.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 by the Philosophy of Science Association. All rights reserved. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union GA 703959 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2019 12:36 |
Last Modified: | 04 May 2021 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1086/709785 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:152681 |