Fading Foundations : Probability and the Regress Problem. - Atkinson, David; Peijnenburg, Jeanne (Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017)
A.1 Iterating the rule of total probability -- A.2 Extrema of the finite series -- A.3 Convergence of the infinite series -- A.4 When does the remainder term vanish? -- A.5 Example in the usual class -- A.6 Example in the exceptional class -- A.7 The regress of entailment -- A.8 Markov condition and conjunctions -- Appendix B: Closure Under Conjunction -- Appendix C: Washing Out of the Prior -- C.1 Washing out -- C.2 Example: a bent coin -- C.3 Washing out is not fading away -- Appendix D: Fixed-Point Methods -- D.1 Linear iteration -- D.2 Quadratic Iteration -- References -- Index.
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