Mayo-Wilson, Conor and Wheeler, Gregory (2015) Epistemic Decision Theory’s Reckoning. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Epistemic decision theory (EDT) employs the mathematical tools of rational choice theory to justify epistemic norms, including probabilism, conditionalization, and the Principal Principle, among others.
Practitioners of EDT endorse two theses: (1) epistemic value is distinct from subjective preference, and (2) belief and epistemic value can be numerically quantified. We argue the first thesis, which we call epistemic puritanism, undermines the second.
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| Keywords: | Probabilism, Accuracy, Utility Theory | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Values General Issues > Decision Theory Specific Sciences > Economics Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics |
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| Depositing User: | Gregory Wheeler | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 28 Aug 2019 15:04 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2019 15:04 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 16374 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Values General Issues > Decision Theory Specific Sciences > Economics Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics |
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| Date: | 2015 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16374 |
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