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Dempster–Schafer theory is the obvious counterexample to "degrees of belief have to be represented by probability measures."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dempster%E2%80%93Shafer_theory



Does is somehow imply that the Dutch book argument is better developed than Cox's argument?


You asked, "Why don't you consider Cox's theorem - and related arguments - well-developed?" I consider Cox's argument not well-developed because D–S theory shows the postulates miss useful and important alternatives. So it fails as an argument for a particular interpretation of probability.


I quoted 13415 saying that the only well-developed arguments were […] and asked him why didn’t he consider […] well-developed - compared to the former. I apologize if the scope of the question was not clear.




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