Diachronic Dutch books and evidential import

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Gallow, J. Dmitri. (2019). Diachronic Dutch books and evidential import. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 99(1), pp. 49 - 80. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12471
AuthorsGallow, J. Dmitri
Abstract

A handful of well‐known arguments (the ‘diachronic Dutch book arguments’) rely upon theorems establishing that, in certain circumstances, you are immune from sure monetary loss (you are not ‘diachronically Dutch book‐able’) if and only if you adopt the strategy of conditionalizing (or Jeffrey conditionalizing) on whatever evidence you happen to receive. These theorems require non‐trivial assumptions about which evidence you might acquire—in the case of conditionalization, the assumption is that, if you might learn that e , then it is not the case that you might learn something else that is consistent with e . These assumptions may not be relaxed. When they are, not only will non‐(Jeffrey) conditionalizers be immune from diachronic Dutch bookability, but (Jeffrey) conditionalizers will themselves be diachronically Dutch bookable. I argue: 1) that there are epistemic situations in which these assumptions are violated; 2) that this reveals a conflict between the premise that susceptibility to sure monetary loss is irrational, on the one hand, and the view that rational belief revision is a function of your prior beliefs and the acquired evidence alone, on the other; and 3) that this inconsistency demonstrates that diachronic Dutch book arguments for (Jeffrey) conditionalization are invalid.

Year2019
JournalPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research
Journal citation99 (1), pp. 49 - 80
PublisherBlackwell Publishing Inc.
ISSN0031-8205
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12471
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85032281379
Page range49 - 80
Research GroupDianoia Institute of Philosophy
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Place of publicationUnited States of America
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