Probability for epistemic modalities
Journal article
Goldstein, Simon and Santorio, Paolo. (2021). Probability for epistemic modalities. Philosophers' Imprint. 21(33), pp. 1-37.
Authors | Goldstein, Simon and Santorio, Paolo |
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Abstract | This paper develops an information-sensitive theory of the semantics and probability of conditionals and statements involving epistemic modals. The theory validates a number of principles linking probability and modality, including the principle that the probability of a conditional If A, then C equals the probability of C, updated with A. The theory avoids so-called triviality results, which are standardly taken to show that principles of this sort cannot be validated. To achieve this, we deny that rational agents update their credences via conditionalization. We offer a new rule of update, Hyperconditionalization, which agrees with Conditionalization whenever nonmodal statements are at stake but differs for modal and conditional sentences. |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Philosophers' Imprint |
Journal citation | 21 (33), pp. 1-37 |
Publisher | Michigan Publishing |
ISSN | 1533-628X |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85123508032 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.philosophersimprint.org/021033/ |
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3521354.0021.033 | |
Open access | Open access |
Page range | 1-37 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 18 Jan 2023 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8y9v9/probability-for-epistemic-modalities
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