Name: Dutch Book Arguments (Elements in Decision Theory and Philosophy)
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Author: Pettigrew, Richard
ISBN: 9781108713443

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Dutch Book Arguments (Elements in Decision Theory and Philosophy)

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Physical Book

Author

Richard Pettigrew

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm

Weight

0.15 kg.

ISBN13

9781108713443

Synopsis "Dutch Book Arguments (Elements in Decision Theory and Philosophy)"

Our beliefs come in degrees. I'm 70% confident it will rain tomorrow, and 0.001% sure my lottery ticket will win. What's more, we think these degrees of belief should abide by certain principles if they are to be rational. For instance, you shouldn't believe that a person's taller than 6ft more strongly than you believe that they're taller than 5ft, since the former entails the latter. In Dutch Book arguments, we try to establish the principles of rationality for degrees of belief by appealing to their role in guiding decisions. In particular, we show that degrees of belief that don't satisfy the principles will always guide action in some way that is bad or undesirable. In this Element, we present Dutch Book arguments for the principles of Probabilism, Conditionalization, and the Reflection Principle, among others, and we formulate and consider the most serious objections to them.

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