The propensity theory: a decision-theoretic restatement

DOI10.1007/S11229-006-9139-4MaRDI QIDQ2460154zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 14 November 2007

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-006-9139-4

zbMATH Keywords

ProbabilityCausalityDecision theoryHumphreys' problemPropensity interpretationReference class problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Probability and inductive logic (03B48) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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