Uncertainty and the de Finetti tables

J Baratgin, DE Over, G Politzer - Thinking & Reasoning, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
J Baratgin, DE Over, G Politzer
Thinking & Reasoning, 2013Taylor & Francis
The new paradigm in the psychology of reasoning adopts a Bayesian, or probabilistic,
model for studying human reasoning. Contrary to the traditional binary approach based on
truth functional logic, with its binary values of truth and falsity, a third value that represents
uncertainty can be introduced in the new paradigm. A variety of three-valued truth table
systems are available in the formal literature, including one proposed by de Finetti. We
examine the descriptive adequacy of these systems for natural language indicative …
The new paradigm in the psychology of reasoning adopts a Bayesian, or probabilistic, model for studying human reasoning. Contrary to the traditional binary approach based on truth functional logic, with its binary values of truth and falsity, a third value that represents uncertainty can be introduced in the new paradigm. A variety of three-valued truth table systems are available in the formal literature, including one proposed by de Finetti. We examine the descriptive adequacy of these systems for natural language indicative conditionals and bets on conditionals. Within our framework the so-called “defective” truth table, in which participants choose a third value when the antecedent of the indicative conditional is false, becomes a coherent response. We show that only de Finetti's system has a good descriptive fit when uncertainty is the third value.
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