Conclusion

Abstract This short chapter gives a brief summary of the message that a user of the credence framework should take away from this book. Firstly, credence claims are opaque. When we consider the credences that an agent has about some person or object, it matters how that person or object is designated. Secondly, this simple tenet has wide-ranging and important implications for users of the credence framework—for the reflection and deference principles, for the Principal Principle, for decision theory, and for various views in welfare economics. Thirdly, there is no easy way for the underlying framework to accommodate the tenet that credence claims are opaque. The hope is that the credence framework will continue to be used, but with an awareness of the issues raised in this book.