Samenvatting
In an earlier paper we have shown that a proposition can have a well-defined probability value, even if its justification consists of an infinite linear chain. In the present paper we demonstrate that the same holds if the justification takes the form of a closed loop. Moreover, in the limit that the size of the loop tends to infinity, the probability value of the justified proposition is always well-defined, whereas this is not always so for the infinite linear chain. This suggests that infinitism sits more comfortably with a coherentist view of justification than with an approach in which justification is portrayed as a linear process.
| Originele taal-2 | English |
|---|---|
| Pagina's (van-tot) | 407 - 416 |
| Aantal pagina's | 10 |
| Tijdschrift | Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic |
| Volume | 51 |
| Nummer van het tijdschrift | 4 |
| DOI's | |
| Status | Published - 2010 |
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