Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Sign of Four', 'The Individual, the State, and the Common Good' and 'Truth and Probability'

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4 ideas

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals

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'If' is the same as 'given that', so the degrees of belief should conform to probability theory [Ramsey, by Ramsey]

14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction

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If you eliminate the impossible, the truth will remain, even if it is weird [Conan Doyle]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

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Ramsey gave axioms for an uncertain agent to decide their preferences [Ramsey, by Davidson]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / g. Liberalism critique

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Liberalism may fail because it neglects the shared nature of what we pursue and protect [Haldane]