Why Are These Axioms
Reasonable?
de Finetti’s betting argument: Put your money
where your beliefs are.
If agent 1 has a set of beliefs inconsistent with the
axioms of probability, then there exists a betting
strategy for agent 2 that guarantees that agent 1
will lose money.
practical results have made an even more
persuasive arguments (e.g. Pathfinder medical
diagnosis)