The laws of non-bivalent probability
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https://doi.org/10.12775/LLP.2006.010Keywords
non-bivalent probability, non-bivalent languagesAbstract
Non-bivalent languages (languages containing sentences that can be true, false or neither) are given a probabilitistic interpretation in terms of betting quotients. Necessary and sufficient conditions for avoiding Dutch books—the laws of non-bivalent probability—in such a setting are provided.References
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