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Title: | A Remark on Probabilistic Measures of Coherence |
Author: | Oms Sardans, Sergi |
Keywords: | Proposició (Lògica) Distribució (Teoria de la probabilitat) Mesures de probabilitats Investigació quantitativa Proposition (Logic) Distribution (Probability theory) Probability measures Quantitative research |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Publisher: | University of Notre Dame |
Abstract: | [eng In recent years, some authors have proposed quantitative measures of the coherence of sets of propositions. Such Probabilistic Measures of Coherence (PMCs) are, in general terms, functions that take as their argument a set of propositions (along with some probability distribution) and yield as their value a number that is supposed to represent the degree of coherence of the set. In this paper, I introduce a minimal constraint on PMC theories, called ‘the weak stability principle’ (WWSP) and show that any correct, coherent and complete PMC cannot satisfy WWSP. As a matter of fact, the argument offered in this paper can be applied to any coherence theory that uses a priori procedures. I briefly explore some consequences of this fact. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1215/00294527-2019-0035 |
It is part of: | Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 2020, vol. 61, num.1, p. 129-140 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/213681 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1215/00294527-2019-0035 |
ISSN: | 0029-4527 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Filosofia) |
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