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Are Full Beliefs an Abstraction from Credal States?

Isaac Levi

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Keywords: Full Belief, Serious Possibility, Confirmational Commitment, Credal Probability, Probability Logic.

Abstract: Peter Gärdenfors has argued that states of full belief or certainty ought to be derived from states of credal probability judgment. I argue that when speaking of change of view, states of full belief ought to be able to vary separately from probability judgment. I explain how resorting to confirmational commitments enables us to represent credal states as determined by two separably variable components.

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Isaac Levi, levi@columbia.edu
Columbia University

Spinning Ideas, Electronic Essays
Dedicated to Peter Gärdenfors on His Fiftieth Birthday


	Are Full Beliefs an Abstraction from Credal States?
	Isaac Levi
	[Back to paper list] [Start page] [Alphabetical index]
	Keywords: Full Belief, Serious Possibility, Confirmational Commitment, Credal Probability, Probability Logic.
	Abstract: Peter Gärdenfors has argued that states of full belief or certainty ought to be derived from states of credal probability judgment. I argue that when speaking of change of view, states of full belief ought to be able to vary separately from probability judgment. I explain how resorting to confirmational commitments enables us to represent credal states as determined by two separably variable components.

	Click here to obtain the paper in PDF format.
	Isaac Levi, levi@columbia.edu Columbia University

Spinning Ideas, Electronic Essays Dedicated to Peter Gärdenfors on His Fiftieth Birthday