Money Pumps and Diachronic Books

Philosophy of Science 69 (S3):S235-S247 (2002)
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The idea that rational agents should have acyclic preferences and should obey conditionalization has been defended on the grounds that otherwise an agent is threatened with becoming a “money pump.” This essay argues that such arguments fail to prove their claims.

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Isaac Levi
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