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Indefinite Probability Judgment: A Reply to Levi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Richard Jeffrey
Richard Jeffrey*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Princeton University
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Abstract

Isaac Levi and I have different views of probability and decision making. Here, without addressing the merits, I will try to answer some questions recently asked by Levi (1985) about what my view is, and how it relates to his.

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Discussion
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 54 , Issue 4 , December 1987 , pp. 586 - 591
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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Footnotes

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I thank Raymond Geuss, Mark Kaplan, Isaac Levi, and Teddy Seidenfeld for helpful suggestions and criticisms.

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