Probabilistic promotion and ability

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Elson, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3013-8030 (2019) Probabilistic promotion and ability. Ergo, 6 (34). 20200313. ISSN 2330-4014 doi: 10.3998/ergo.12405314.0006.034

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We often have some reason to do actions insofar as they promote outcomes or states of affairs, such as the satisfaction of a desire. But what is it to promote an outcome? I defend a new version of 'probabilism about promotion'. According to Minimal Probabilistic Promotion, we promote some outcome when we make that outcome more likely than it would have been if we had done something (anything) else. This makes promotion easy and reasons cheap.

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Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/75807
Identification Number/DOI	10.3998/ergo.12405314.0006.034
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Humanities > Philosophy
Publisher	Michigan Publishing
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Date Deposited:	20 Mar 2019 16:45	Date item deposited into CentAUR
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