Harmony, purity, truth

Mind 103 (412):451-472 (1994)
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Abstract

David Lewis has argued against the thesis he calls "Desire as Belief", claiming it is incompatible with the fundamentals of evidential decision theory. I show that the argument is unsound, and demonstrate that a version of desire as belief is compatible with a version of causal decision theory.

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Graham Oddie
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Desire as belief II.David K. Lewis - 1996 - Mind 105 (418):303-13.
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