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

DOI10.1007/S11229-011-9998-1MaRDI QIDQ382993zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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

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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