Mild contraction : evaluating loss of information due to loss of belief /
Levi offers a new solution, based on evaluation of the information lost, to the problem of belief contraction, or how rationally to relinquish old beliefs. He compares his approach with his earlier account of inductive expansion.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford : Oxford ; New York :
Clarendon ; Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Levi offers a new solution, based on evaluation of the information lost, to the problem of belief contraction, or how rationally to relinquish old beliefs. He compares his approach with his earlier account of inductive expansion. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 245 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199270708 9780199270705 9780191533723 0191533726 9780191601774 0191601772 1281925179 9781281925176 9786611925178 6611925171 |