A Note on Comparative Probability
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Abstract
A possible event always seems to be more probable than an impossible event. Although this constraint, usually alluded to as regularity , is prima facie very attractive, it cannot hold for standard probabilities. Moreover, in a recent paper Timothy Williamson has challenged even the idea that regularity can be integrated into a comparative conception of probability by showing that the standard comparative axioms conflict with certain cases if regularity is assumed. In this note, we suggest that there is a natural weakening of the standard comparative axioms. It is shown that these axioms are consistent both with the regularity condition and with the essential feature of Williamson’s example.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 395-402 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Erkenntnis : an international journal of scientific philosophy |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
| Scopus | 84860720390 |
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| ORCID | /0000-0002-9962-2074/work/142234601 |