Journal article
Generalizing the lottery paradox
- Abstract:
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This paper is concerned with formal solutions to the lottery paradox on which high probability defeasibly warrants acceptance. It considers some recently proposed solutions of this type and presents an argument showing that these solutions are trivial in that they boil down to the claim that perfect probability is sufficient for rational acceptability. The argument is then generalizes, showing that a broad class of similar solutions faces the same problem.
- An argument against some formal solutions to the lottery paradox
- The argument generalized
- Some variations
- Adding modalities
- Anticipated objections
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1093/bjps/axl022
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Journal:
- British Journal for the Philosophy of Science More from this journal
- Volume:
- 57
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 755-779
- Publication date:
- 2006-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1464-3537
- ISSN:
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0007-0882
- Language:
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English
- Subjects:
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uuid:1240b533-b40d-4568-abf2-19fa97833130
- Local pid:
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ora:5606
- Deposit date:
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2011-07-21
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- Copyright holder:
- I Douven & T Williamson
- Copyright date:
- 2006
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