Weak Bayesian coherentism |
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Authors: | Michael Huemer |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Campus Box 232, Boulder, CO 80309-0232, USA |
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Abstract: | Recent results in probability theory have cast doubt on coherentism, purportedly showing (a) that coherence among a set of beliefs cannot raise their probability unless individual beliefs have some independent credibility, and (b) that no possible measure of coherence makes coherence generally probability-enhancing. I argue that coherentists can reject assumptions on which these theorems depend, and I derive a general condition under which the concurrence of two information sources lacking individual credibility can raise the probability of what they report. |
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Keywords: | Coherence Probability Bayesianism |
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