What probability probably isn't
Howson, Colin
(2015)
What probability probably isn't
Analysis, 75 (1).
pp. 53-59.
ISSN 0003-2638
Joyce and others have claimed that degrees of belief are estimates of truth-values and that the probability axioms are conditions of admissibility for these estimates with respect to a scoring rule penalising inaccuracy. In this paper I argue that the claim that the rules of probability are truth-directed in this way depends on an assumption which is both implausible and lacks any supporting evidence, strongly suggesting that the probability axioms have nothing intrinsically to do with truth-directedness.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords | probability,truth,admissibility,Joyce,de Finetti. |
| Departments | Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method |
| DOI | 10.1093/analys/anu111 |
| Date Deposited | 11 Nov 2015 11:01 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/64397 |
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