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A Defence of the Ramsey Test.

Authors :
Bradley, Richard
Source :
Mind; Jan2007, Vol. 116 Issue 461, p1-21, 21p
Publication Year :
2007

Abstract

According to the Ramsey Test hypothesis the conditional claim that if A then B is credible just in case it is credible that B, on the supposition that A. If true the hypothesis helps explain the way in which we evaluate and use ordinary language conditionals. But impossibility results for the Ramsey Test hypothesis in its various forms suggest that it is untenable. In this paper, I argue that these results do not in fact have this implication, on the grounds that similar results can be proved without recourse to the Ramsey test hypothesis. Instead they show that a number of well entrenched principles of rational belief and belief revision do not apply to conditionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00264423
Volume :
116
Issue :
461
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Mind
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
23962928
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzm001