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Formal epistemology

thesis that one rationally believes a proposition just when one's credence in it exceeds some threshold, tested against the lottery and preface paradoxes.

In formal epistemology, Lockean thesis refers to thesis that one rationally believes a proposition just when one's credence in it exceeds some threshold, tested against the lottery and preface paradoxes. This meaning comes from Hawthorne (1999) in Mind.[1]

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References

Hawthorne, J. (1999). The preface, the lottery, and the logic of belief. Mind, 108(430), 241-264. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/108.430.241

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