Richard Jeffrey

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Richard C. Jeffrey
Born(1926-08-05)August 5, 1926
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedNovember 9, 2002(2002-11-09) (aged 76)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Education
Alma materPrinceton University
Philosophical work
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
Main interestsDecision theory, epistemology
Notable ideasRadical probabilism, Jeffrey conditioning, truth tree method for syllogism testing

Richard Carl Jeffrey (August 5, 1926 – November 9, 2002) was an American philosopher, logician, and probability theorist. He is best known for developing and championing the philosophy of radical probabilism and the associated heuristic of probability kinematics, also known as Jeffrey conditioning.

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