A geo-logical solution to the lottery paradox, with applications to conditional logic

DOI10.1007/S11229-011-9998-1zbMATH Open1275.03035OpenAlexW2120327609MaRDI QIDQ382993FDOQ382993

Authors: Hanti Lin, Kevin T. Kelly 

Publication date: 25 November 2013

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-011-9998-1

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zbMATH Keywords

belief revisionRamsey testframing effectsconditional logiclottery paradoxuncertain acceptance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probability and inductive logic (03B48) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Logics of knowledge and belief (including belief change) (03B42)

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