Philosophy Lexicon of Arguments
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Terminologies: here, special features of the language use of the individual authors are explained. _____________ Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.
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Jackson, Frank C.   Books on Amazon: Frank C. Jackson	Terminology	Lewis V 153 Definition robust/Jackson/Lewis: A is robust in relation to B, (with respect to one's subjective probability at a time) iff. the probability of A and the probability of A conditional to B are close to each other, and both are high,... --- V 154 ...so if one learns that B, still considers A probable. Jackson: the weaker can then be more robust in terms of something that you think is more unlikely but still do not want to ignore. _____________ Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution.	Jack I F. C. Jackson From Metaphysics to Ethics: A Defence of Conceptual Analysis Oxford 2000 LW I D. Lewis Die Identität von Körper und Geist Frankfurt 1989 LW II D. Lewis Konventionen Berlin 1975 LW IV D. Lewis Philosophical Papers Bd I New York Oxford 1983 LW V D. Lewis Philosophical Papers Bd II New York Oxford 1986 LwCl I Cl. I. Lewis Mind and the World Order: Outline of a Theory of Knowledge (Dover Books on Western Philosophy) 1991

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