Lotteries, Knowledge, and Rational Belief: Essays on the Lottery Paradox

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Lotteries, Knowledge, and Rational Belief: Essays on the Lottery Paradox
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Igor Douven
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:278
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenrePhilosophy
Philosophy - logic
ISBN/Barcode 9781108433051
ClassificationsDewey:121.6
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 4 Line drawings, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 10 November 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

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).