What chance-credence norms should be.

We show a somewhat surprising result concerning the relationship between the Principal Principle and its allegedly generalized form. Then, we formulate a few desiderata concerning chance-credence norms and argue that none of the norms widely discussed in the literature satisfies all of them. We sugg...

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Published in:Synthese Vol. 200; no. 6; pp. 1 - 23
Main Authors: Wroński, Leszek, Gyenis, Zalán, Cocchiaro, Mariangela Zoe
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Dec2022
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Summary:We show a somewhat surprising result concerning the relationship between the Principal Principle and its allegedly generalized form. Then, we formulate a few desiderata concerning chance-credence norms and argue that none of the norms widely discussed in the literature satisfies all of them. We suggest that the New Principle comes out as the best contender.