scholarly journals The measure of existence of a quantum world and the Sleeping Beauty Problem

Analysis ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 695-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Groisman ◽  
N. Hallakoun ◽  
L. Vaidman
Keyword(s):  
Sleeping Beauty ◽  
Sleeping Beauty Problem

Generalized Conditionalization and the Sleeping Beauty Problem

Erkenntnis ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Horgan ◽  
Anna Mahtani
Keyword(s):  
Sleeping Beauty ◽  
Sleeping Beauty Problem

Direct Inference, Reichenbach's Principle, and the Sleeping Beauty Problem

Episteme ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Terry Horgan
Keyword(s):  
Binary Relation ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Sleeping Beauty ◽  
General Information ◽  
Statistical Nature ◽  
Sleeping Beauty Problem ◽  
Direct Inference

Abstract A group of philosophers led by the late John Pollock has applied a method of reasoning about probability, known as direct inference and governed by a constraint known as Reichenbach's principle, to argue in support of ‘thirdism’ concerning the Sleeping Beauty Problem. A subsequent debate has ensued about whether their argument constitutes a legitimate application of direct inference. Here I defend the argument against two extant objections charging illegitimacy. One objection can be overcome via a natural and plausible definition, given here, of the binary relation ‘logically stronger than’ between two properties that can obtain even when the respective properties differ from one another in ‘arity’; given this definition, the Pollock group's argument conforms to Reichenbach's principle. Another objection prompts a certain refinement of Reichenbach's principle that is independently well-motivated. My defense of the Pollock group's argument has epistemological import beyond the Sleeping Beauty problem, because it both widens and sharpens the applicability of direct inference as a method for inferring single-case epistemic probabilities on the basis of general information of a probabilistic or statistical nature.

Ten Reasons to Care About the Sleeping Beauty Problem

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1003-1017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G. Titelbaum
Keyword(s):  
Sleeping Beauty ◽  
Sleeping Beauty Problem
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