Accuracy and the laws of credence /
Richard Pettigrew offers an extended investigation into a particular way of justifying the rational principles that govern our credences (or degrees of belief). He draws on decision theory in order to justify the central tenets of Bayesian epistemology, and sets out a veritistic account of epistemic...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Richard Pettigrew offers an extended investigation into a particular way of justifying the rational principles that govern our credences (or degrees of belief). He draws on decision theory in order to justify the central tenets of Bayesian epistemology, and sets out a veritistic account of epistemic utility. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 238 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191797019 0191797014 0191047252 9780191047251 |