About this title: Isaac Levi's new book develops further his pioneering work in formal epistemology, focusing on the problem of belief contraction, or how rationally to relinquish old beliefs. Levi offers the most penetrating analysis to date of this key question in epistemology, offering a completely new solution and explaining its relation to his earlier proposals. He mounts an argument in favour of the thesis that contracting a state of belief by giving up specific beliefs is to be evaluated in terms of the value of the information lost by doing so. The rationale aims to be thoroughly decision theoretic. ...
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780199270705ISBN:0199270708
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Date Published: 2004
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2004
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Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780199270705ISBN:0199270708
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780199270705ISBN:0199270708
Description: Isaac Levi's new book develops further his pioneering work in formal epistemology, focusing on the problem of belief contraction, or how rationally to relinquish old beliefs. Levi offers the most penetrating analysis to date of this key question in e... read more
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