Why indeterminate probability is rational

Journal of Applied Logic

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 364-376

  Levi, Isaac ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; Confirmational commitment; Confirmational consistency; Convexity and conditionalization; Credal state; E admissibility; Irrelevance; State of full belief

Indexed keywords

COHERENCE; CONFIRMATIONAL COMMITMENT; CONFIRMATIONAL CONSISTENCY; CONVEXITY AND CONDITIONALIZATION; CREDAL STATE; E-ADMISSIBILITY; IRRELEVANCE; STATE OF FULL BELIEF;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 70349869225     PISSN: 15708683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jal.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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