On the Notion of Admissibility in Chance-Credence Principles: A Comment on Vranas
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The precise formulation of PP requires some notation. Let Ch be a function that assigns a number in the interval [0,1] to each proposition A. is the proposition that Ch assigns the chance x to A. Let Cr be a function that assigns a number in the interval [0,1] to each proposition A, corresponding to a person’s degree of belief (or credence) in A. Finally, let E be any proposition. With these definitions, we can now formulate PP:
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