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.

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)395-402
Number of pages7
JournalErkenntnis : an international journal of scientific philosophy
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Peer-reviewedYes

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Scopus 84860720390
ORCID /0000-0002-9962-2074/work/142234601

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