Putting Logic in Its Place: Formal Constraints on Rational Belief

by David Christensen

What role, if any, does formal logic play in characterizing epistemically rational belief? Traditionally, belief is seen in a binary way - either one believes a proposition, or one doesn't. Given this picture, it is attractive to impose certain deductive constraints on rational belief: that
one's beliefs be logically consistent, and that one believe the logical consequences of one's beliefs. A less popular picture sees belief as a graded phenomenon...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199204314
• ISBN13: 9780199204311
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.0"