Are there degrees of belief? (Q1427346)
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Are there degrees of belief? (English)
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14 March 2004
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The author presents new arguments shedding some light on the controversy between John Maynard Keynes and Frank Ramsey regarding the logical treatment of probability, from the first half of the twentieth century. The principle of maximizing the expected utility is considered as one of the main steps of this rich and complex process.
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Ramsey
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Keynes
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probability
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degree of belief
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partial entailment
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partial belief
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Bayesianism
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Dutch book
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