Volume 2, Issue 1, 2011
Michael J. Shaffer
Pages 115-123
Three Problematic Theories of Conditional Acceptance
In this paper it is argued that three of the most prominent theories of conditional acceptance face very serious problems. David Lewis' concept of imaging, the
Ramsey test annd Jonathan Bennett's recent hybrid view all face viscous regresses, or they either employ unanalyzed components or depend upon an implausibly strong version of doxastic voluntarism.