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A Remark on Probabilistic Measures of Coherence

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[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.

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https://doi.org/10.1215/00294527-2019-0035

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Proposició (Lògica), Distribució (Teoria de la probabilitat), Mesures de probabilitats, Investigació quantitativa

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Proposition (Logic), Distribution (Probability theory), Probability measures, Quantitative research

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OMS SARDANS, Sergi. A Remark on Probabilistic Measures of Coherence. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic. 2020. Vol. 61, num. 1, pags. 129-140. ISSN 0029-4527. [consulted: 14 of October of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/213681

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