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imprecise credences: a standalone construct

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Formal epistemology

representation of an agent's beliefs by a set of probability functions rather than one, used when evidence does not fix a single value.

In formal epistemology, imprecise credences refers to representation of an agent's beliefs by a set of probability functions rather than one, used when evidence does not fix a single value. This meaning comes from Levi (1974) in The Journal of Philosophy.[1]

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References

Levi, I. (1974). On Indeterminate Probabilities. The Journal of Philosophy, 71(13), 391. https://doi.org/10.2307/2025161

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