Ultralarge lotteries: analyzing the lottery paradox using non-standard analysis

DOI10.1016/J.JAL.2013.03.005MaRDI QIDQ2446677zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sylvia Wenmackers

Publication date 17 April 2014

Published in Journal of Applied Logic (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jal.2013.03.005

zbMATH Keywords

epistemologylottery paradoxnonstandard analysisrational beliefrelative analysisvagueness

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Nonstandard models in mathematics (03H05)

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