Jeffrey Pooling

Richard G Pettigrew, Jonathan Weisberg

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Abstract

How should your opinion change in response to the opinion of an epistemic peer? We show that the pooling rule known as "upco" is the unique answer satisfying some natural desiderata. If your revised opinion will influence your opinions on other matters by Jeffrey conditionalization, then upco is the only standard pooling rule that ensures the order in which peers are consulted makes no difference. Popular proposals like linear pooling, geometric pooling, and harmonic pooling cannot boast the same. In fact, no alternative to upco can if it possesses four minimal properties which these proposals share.
Original languageEnglish
JournalPhilosophers' Imprint
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Publication statusAccepted/In press - 13 Jul 2023

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