The infinite epistemic regress problem has no unique solution

DOI10.1007/S11229-019-02383-7MaRDI QIDQ2695375zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Timber Kerkvliet, Ronald Meester

Publication date 31 March 2023

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02383-7

zbMATH Keywords

belief functionsnon-uniquenesscompletionepistemic probabilityinfinite epistemic regress

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Logics of knowledge and belief (including belief change) (03B42) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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