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    Challenges→If probability relations are understood as real logical relations holding between propositions, the acquaintance theorist can secure knowledge of probabilistic connections through direct acquaintance.

    Ramsey demonstrated in 'Truth and Probability' (1926) that probability is better understood as a feature of degrees of belief, not mind-independent logical relations between propositions.

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    Ramsey
    # Ramsey Ramsey theory is a branch of mathematics that studies how order and patterns inevitably emerge in large systems, even when things seem random. The basic idea is that if you have a large enough collection of objects (like numbers, points, or people), some organized structure or pattern will always appear somewhere within it. A famous example is the "Ramsey number," which answers questions like: "How many people do you need at a party to guarantee that some group of them are all mutual friends or all mutual strangers?"
    degrees of belief(distinguished from degrees of truth)
    Subjective credences or confidence levels in propositions, belonging to epistemology
    logical relations(Davidson's distinction between causal and logical relations)
    Relations that obtain between particular descriptions of events, not between the events themselves
    mind-independent(Used to classify objects such as tables and chairs.)
    An object is mind-independent if its existence does not, by its very nature, depend on being the object or content of mental states, i.e., it could survive the annihilation of all thinking things.

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