Lotteries, Knowledge, and Rational Belief: Essays on the Lottery Paradox - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1108421911 ISBN 13 : 9781108421911

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2021

Synopsis

We talk and think about our beliefs both in a categorical (yes/no) and in a graded way. How do the two kinds of belief hang together? The most straightforward answer is that we believe something categorically if we believe it to a high enough degree. But this seemingly obvious, near-platitudinous claim is known to give rise to a paradox commonly known as the 'lottery paradox' – at least when it is coupled with some further seeming near-platitudes about belief. How to resolve that paradox has been a matter of intense philosophical debate for over fifty years. This volume offers a collection of newly commissioned essays on the subject, all of which provide compelling reasons for rethinking many of the fundamentals of the debate.

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À propos de l'auteur

Igor Douven is a CNRS Research Professor at Paris-Sorbonne University. His essays have appeared in numerous major philosophy and cognitive science journals, and he is the author of The Epistemology of Indicative Conditionals (Cambridge, 2016).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108421911
• ISBN 13: 9781108421911
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 311
• Éditeur: Douven Igor
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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