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Richard Jeffrey has labelled his philosophy of probability “radical probabilism” and qualified this position as “Bayesian”, “nonfoundational” and “anti-rationalist”. This paper explores the roots of radical probabilism, to be traced back to the work of Frank P. Ramsey and Bruno de Finetti.
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Galavotti, M.C. Probabilism and beyond. Erkenntnis 45, 253–265 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00276793
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