Elliott, Edward (2019) 'Ramseyfying' Probabilistic Comparativism. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Comparativism is the view that comparative confidences (e.g., being more confident that P than that Q) are more fundamental than degrees of belief (e.g., believing that P with some strength x). In this paper, I outline the basis for a new, non-probabilistic version of comparativism inspired by a suggestion made by Frank Ramsey in `Probability and Partial Belief'. I show how, and to what extent, `Ramseyan comparativism' might be used to weaken the (unrealistically strong) probabilistic coherence conditions that comparativism traditionally relies on.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Elliott, Edward E.J.R.Elliott@leeds.ac.uk 0000-0002-4387-7967
Additional Information:	Accepted for publication at Philosophy of Science
Keywords:	comparativism; probability; partial belief; Ramsey
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics
Depositing User:	Dr Edward Elliott
Date Deposited:	05 Nov 2019 03:03
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2019 03:03
Item ID:	16612
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics
Date:	2019
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16612

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