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Reconciling probability theory and coherentism
Synthese 191 (6):1075-1084 (2014)
Abstract
Recent results in the literature appear to show that it is impossible for two independent testimonies to jointly raise the probability of a proposition if neither testimony individually has any impact on that probability. I show that these impossibility results do not apply when testimonies agree on incidental detailsOther Versions
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An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation.Clarence Irving Lewis - 1946 - La Salle, IL, USA: Open Court.
Against coherence: truth, probability, and justification.Erik J. Olsson - 2005 - New York: Oxford University Press.
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