Title
Lotteries, knowledge, and rational belief : essays on the lottery paradox / edited by Igor Douven.
ISBN
9781108379755 (ebook)
9781108421911 (hardback)
9781108433051 (paperback)
Publication
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 270 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Summary
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.
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