Parity, Preference and Puzzlement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20142532 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joshua Gert (0000-0002-0886-9785, The College of William and Mary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 249-271 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theoria (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/theo.12069 |
| OpenAlex | W1504791335 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
R uth C hang has argued for the existence of a fourth positive value relation, distinct from betterness, worseness and equality, which she calls “parity.” In an earlier article I seemed to criticize C hang's suggestion by offering an interval model for the values of items that I claimed could accommodate all the phenomena characteristic of parity. W lodek R abinowicz, offering his own model of value relations, endorsed one central feature of my proposal: the need to distinguish permissible preferences from required ones. But he, along with C hang, correctly pointed out that my own model suffered from serious formal problems. The present article offers an improved interval model, but the main point is not the model itself. Rather, it is the derivation of the model from a response‐dependent account of practical rationality. This derivation helps explain why we have a concept for which R abinowicz's model is appropriate, and therefore supplements C hang's existence arguments. My conclusion is that we can take C hang's view, R abinowicz's and mine as providing a reinforcing set of views
Combinatorics · Epistemology · Hang · Interval (graph theory) · Mathematical economics · Parity (physics) · Physics · Preference · Rationality · Statistics · Value (mathematics) · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |