Categorical versus graded beliefs

Franz Dietrich

Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne from Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne

Abstract: This essay discusses the difficulty to reconcile two paradigms about beliefs: the binary or categorical paradigm of yes/no beliefs and the probabilistic paradigm of degrees of belief. The possibility for someone to hold both types of belief simultaneously is challenged by the lottery paradox, and more recently by a general impossibility theorem. The nature, relevance and implications of the tension are explained and assessed. A more technical elaboration can be found in Dietrich and List (2018, 2021)

Keywords: logic vs. rational choice theory; yes/no belief vs. subjective probabilities; lottery paradox; general impossibility theorem (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D80 D83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-11
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