Diachronic Dutch books and evidential import
Journal article
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
Authors | Gallow, J. Dmitri |
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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. |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Philosophy and Phenomenological Research |
Journal citation | 99 (1), pp. 49 - 80 |
Publisher | Blackwell Publishing Inc. |
ISSN | 0031-8205 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12471 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85032281379 |
Page range | 49 - 80 |
Research Group | Dianoia Institute of Philosophy |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United States of America |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8v4vw/diachronic-dutch-books-and-evidential-import
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