{"title":"Applications in Epistemology","authors":"F. Huber","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780199976119.003.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199976119.003.0006","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter applies ranking theory to two problems in epistemology and the philosophy of science: conceptual belief change, including logical learning, as well as learning indicative conditionals. The chapter concludes with a defense of rigidity.","PeriodicalId":407642,"journal":{"name":"Belief and Counterfactuals","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114472515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conditional Belief","authors":"F. Huber","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780199976119.003.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199976119.003.0004","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter first presents the static and dynamic rules of ranking theory. Then it shows how ranking theory solves the problem of iterated belief revisions.","PeriodicalId":407642,"journal":{"name":"Belief and Counterfactuals","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129145473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Belief First","authors":"F. Huber","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780199976119.003.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199976119.003.0002","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter first discusses which agents this book focuses on and which ends they are assumed to have. Then it briefly describes how this relates to conditional belief and belief revision.","PeriodicalId":407642,"journal":{"name":"Belief and Counterfactuals","volume":"25 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133350502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why Should I?","authors":"F. Huber","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780199976119.003.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199976119.003.0005","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter first answers the question of why conditional beliefs should obey the axioms and update rule of ranking theory. This includes a defense of the conditional theory of conditional belief that characterizes conditional belief in terms of belief and counterfactuals. Then the instrumentalist view of rationality, or normativity, underlying this answer is discussed. The chapter concludes with a discussion of conditional obligation and conditional belief.","PeriodicalId":407642,"journal":{"name":"Belief and Counterfactuals","volume":"25 7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132034880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}