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Lotteries, Knowledge, and Rational Belief: Essays on the Lottery Paradox
Hardback
Main Details
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Lotteries, Knowledge, and Rational Belief: Essays on the Lottery Paradox
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Igor Douven
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:311 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 158 |
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| Category/Genre | Philosophy
Philosophy - logic |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108421911
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| Classifications | Dewey:121.6 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises; 4 Line drawings, black and white
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
4 February 2021 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
We talk and think about our beliefs both in a categorical (yes/no) and in a graded way. How do the two kinds of belief hang together? The most straightforward answer is that we believe something categorically if we believe it to a high enough degree. But this seemingly obvious, near-platitudinous claim is known to give rise to a paradox commonly known as the 'lottery paradox' - at least when it is coupled with some further seeming near-platitudes about belief. How to resolve that paradox has been a matter of intense philosophical debate for over fifty years. This volume offers a collection of newly commissioned essays on the subject, all of which provide compelling reasons for rethinking many of the fundamentals of the debate.
Author Biography
Igor Douven is a CNRS Research Professor at Paris-Sorbonne University. His essays have appeared in numerous major philosophy and cognitive science journals, and he is the author of The Epistemology of Indicative Conditionals (Cambridge, 2016).
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