Let’s say I believe that proposition A has probability Pa of being true. Then I am informed of an argument B which has a probability P~b~ of being true. Although argument B implies proposition A, proposition A does not imply argument B. How should I adjust P~a~ for various values of P~b~?
Let’s say I believe that proposition A has probability Pa of being true. Then I am informed of an argument B which has a probability P~b~ of being true. Although argument B implies proposition A, proposition A does not imply argument B. How should I adjust P~a~ for various values of P~b~?