Bradley, Richard 
ORCID: 0000-0003-2184-7844
(2004)
Ramsey’s representation theorem.
Dialectica, 58 (4).
483 - 497.
ISSN 0012-2017
Identification Number: 10.1111/j.1746-8361.2004.tb00320.x
Abstract
This paper reconstructs and evaluates the representation theorem presented by Ramsey in his essay 'Truth and Probability', showing how its proof depends on a novel application of Hölder's theory of measurement. I argue that it must be understood as a solution to the problem of measuring partial belief, a solution that in many ways remains unsurpassed. Finally I show that the method it employs may be interpreted in such a way as to avoid a well known objection to it due to Richard Jeffrey.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17468361 |
| Additional Information: | © 2004 The Author |
| Divisions: | CPNSS Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jan 2009 12:36 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 22:46 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/22213 |
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