Monty Hall Saves Dr. Evil: On Elga’s Restricted Principle of Indifference

Monty Hall Saves Dr. Evil: On Elga’s Restricted Principle of Indifference

In this paper I show that Elga’s argument for a restricted principle of indifference for self-locating belief relies on the kind of mistaken reasoning that recommends the ‘staying’ strategy in the Monty Hall problem.

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Veröffentlicht in:Erkenntnis 2020-02, Vol.85 (1), p.65-76
1. Verfasser: Marcoci, Alexandru
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Belief & doubt
Cognition & reasoning
Education
Epistemology
Ethics
Logic
Ontology
Original Research
Philosophy
Self interest
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper I show that Elga’s argument for a restricted principle of indifference for self-locating belief relies on the kind of mistaken reasoning that recommends the ‘staying’ strategy in the Monty Hall problem.
ISSN:0165-0106
1572-8420
DOI:10.1007/s10670-018-0018-4