Bradley, Richard (2004) Ramsey’s representation theorem. Dialectica, 58 (4). pp. 483-497. ISSN 0012-2017
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 |
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| Official URL: | http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0012-2017 |
| Additional Information: | © 2004 Wiley-Blackwell |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BC Logic |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS) Departments > Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jan 2009 12:36 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/22213/ |
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