A Theory of Higher Order Probabilities

Haim Gaifman

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20451-2_6

A Theory of Higher Order Probabilities

Haim Gaifman

Einstein Institute of Mathematics

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The assignment of probabilities is the most established way of measuring uncertainties on a quantitative scale. In the framework of subjective probability, the probabilities are interpreted as someone's (the agent's) degrees of belief. Since justified belief amounts to knowledge, the assignment of probabilities, in as much as it can be justified, expresses knowledge. Indeed, knowledge of probabilities, appears to be the basic kind of knowledge that is provided by the experimental sciences today.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Readings in Formal Epistemology: Sourcebook
Editors	Horacio Arló-Costa, Vincent F. Hendricks, Johan van Benthem
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer International Publishing AG
Pages	91-106
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-20451-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20451-2_6
State	Published - 2016

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A theory of higher order probabilities
Gaifman, H., 1986, Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge (Monterey, Calif., 1986). Morgan Kaufmann, p. 275-292 18 p.
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