Frank P. Ramsey’s 1929 essay "General Propositions and Causality"
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Frank P. Ramsey’s 1929 essay "General Propositions and Causality" is a foundational philosophical work in logic and probability theory that introduced the influential Ramsey test for conditionals and helped shape later developments in the analysis of causation and belief.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank P. Ramsey’s 1929 essay "General Propositions and Causality" Context triple: [Ramsey test for conditionals, historicalSource, Frank P. Ramsey’s 1929 essay "General Propositions and Causality"]
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A Treatise on Probability
A Treatise on Probability is John Maynard Keynes’s influential 1921 work that develops a logical and philosophical theory of probability, challenging classical and frequency-based interpretations.
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The Nomological Character of Causality
The Nomological Character of Causality is a philosophical section that analyzes how causal relations are grounded in, and constrained by, lawlike regularities in nature.
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1926 paper "Truth and Probability"
The 1926 paper "Truth and Probability" is a foundational work in decision theory and the philosophy of probability, in which Frank P. Ramsey introduces a subjective interpretation of probability based on rational betting behavior.
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“The Problem of Induction” (essay)
“The Problem of Induction” is a seminal essay by Karl Popper in which he challenges traditional justifications of inductive reasoning and advances his philosophy of falsificationism in the philosophy of science.
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essays on probability and induction
"Essays on Probability and Induction" is a collection of philosophical papers by Carl G. Hempel that explores the logical and methodological foundations of probabilistic reasoning and inductive inference in science.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank P. Ramsey’s 1929 essay "General Propositions and Causality" Target entity description: Frank P. Ramsey’s 1929 essay "General Propositions and Causality" is a foundational philosophical work in logic and probability theory that introduced the influential Ramsey test for conditionals and helped shape later developments in the analysis of causation and belief.
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A.
A Treatise on Probability
A Treatise on Probability is John Maynard Keynes’s influential 1921 work that develops a logical and philosophical theory of probability, challenging classical and frequency-based interpretations.
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B.
The Nomological Character of Causality
The Nomological Character of Causality is a philosophical section that analyzes how causal relations are grounded in, and constrained by, lawlike regularities in nature.
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C.
1926 paper "Truth and Probability"
The 1926 paper "Truth and Probability" is a foundational work in decision theory and the philosophy of probability, in which Frank P. Ramsey introduces a subjective interpretation of probability based on rational betting behavior.
-
D.
“The Problem of Induction” (essay)
“The Problem of Induction” is a seminal essay by Karl Popper in which he challenges traditional justifications of inductive reasoning and advances his philosophy of falsificationism in the philosophy of science.
-
E.
essays on probability and induction
"Essays on Probability and Induction" is a collection of philosophical papers by Carl G. Hempel that explores the logical and methodological foundations of probabilistic reasoning and inductive inference in science.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Ramsey test for conditionals
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historicalSource
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Frank P. Ramsey’s 1929 essay "General Propositions and Causality"
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