Comment on Roger White’s “Evidential Symmetry and Mushy Credence”
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Roger White’s “Evidential Symmetry and Mushy Credence” brings up a number of interesting points in defence of the Principle of Indifference (POI). My goal in this short paper is to highlight a few of these points for added attention, to draw connections between the issues White sees with mushy credences and some technical issues in the study of vagueness, and to present a possible response to the Coin Puzzle along the lines of the supervaluationist approach to vagueness.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008