Generalized Conditionalization and the Sleeping Beauty Problem, II

Terry Horgan

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Abstract

In “Generalized Conditionalization and the Sleeping Beauty Problem,” Anna Mahtani and I offer a new argument for thirdism that relies on what we call “generalized conditionalization.” Generalized conditionalization goes beyond conventional conditionalization in two respects: first, by sometimes deploying a space of synchronic, essentially temporal, candidate-possibilities that are not “prior” possibilities; and second, by allowing for the use of preliminary probabilities that arise by first bracketing, and then conditionalizing upon, “old evidence.” In “Beauty and Conditionalization: Reply to Horgan and Mahtani,” Joel Pust replies to the Horgan/Mahtani argument, raising several objections. In my view his objections do not undermine the argument, but they do reveal a need to provide several further elaborations of it—elaborations that I think are independently plausible. In this paper I will address his objections, by providing the elaborations that I think they prompt.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)811-839
Number of pages29
JournalErkenntnis
Volume80
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2015

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Philosophy
  • Logic

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