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Jeffrey Conditionalization: Proceed with Caution

Trpin, Borut (2019) Jeffrey Conditionalization: Proceed with Caution. [Preprint]

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Abstract

It has been argued that if the rigidity condition is satisfied, a rational agent operating with uncertain evidence should update her subjective probabilities by Jeffrey conditionalization (JC) or else a series of bets resulting in a sure loss could be made against her (the Dynamic Dutch Book Argument). We show, however, that even if the rigidity condition is satisfied, it is not always safe to update probability distributions by JC because there exist such sequences of non-misleading uncertain observations where it may be foreseen that an agent who updates her subjective probabilities by JC will end up nearly certain that a false hypothesis is true. We analyze the features of JC that lead to this problem, specify the conditions in which it arises and respond to potential objections.

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Trpin, Borutborut.trpin@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Additional Information: Forthcoming in Philosophical Studies
Keywords: Jeffrey conditionalization, belief updating, uncertain evidence, epistemic inaccuracy, formal epistemology
Subjects: General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
General Issues > Evidence
General Issues > Theory/Observation
Depositing User: Dr. Borut Trpin
Date Deposited: 10 Oct 2019 01:53
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2019 01:53
Item ID: 16513
Subjects: General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
General Issues > Evidence
General Issues > Theory/Observation
Date: 9 October 2019
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16513

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