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Vagueness and uncertainty1 comment

Andrew wrote 6 months ago: My BPhil thesis is finally finished so I thought I’d post it here for anyone who’s inter … more →

Tags: Philosophy of Language, Credence, probabilism, Probability, uncertainty, Vagueness

Fitch's paradox and self locating belief9 comments

Andrew wrote 10 months ago: It’s been a while since I last posted here – which is bad seeing as I’ve had much … more →

Tags: Probability, Adam Elga, Fitch's paradox, Knowability, Principle of Indifference

Supertask decision making3 comments

Andrew wrote 1 year ago: I have a little paper writing up the supertask puzzle I posted recently. I’ve added a second p … more →

Tags: Set Theory, Axiom of Choice, Decision Theory, Deontic barcan formula, rational choice, Supertask, Yablo's paradox

Indeterminacy and knowledge12 comments

Andrew wrote 1 year ago: What do people think of this principle: determinate implication preserves indeterminacy? Formally1: … more →

Tags: Philosophical Logic, epistemicism, knowledge, Vagueness, Williamson

A Paradox of Choice5 comments

Andrew wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been thinking about variations on the coin tossing puzzle I posted about a month or so ba … more →

Tags: Set Theory, Axiom of Choice, Free Will, infinite game, Paradox, winning strategy

A problem for rejecting knowledge of lottery propositions

jordandelange wrote 1 year ago: So, lots of people find it plausible to deny knowledge in the following type of case.  Let there be … more →

Tags: Lotteries, value of knowledge

Help! My credences are unmeasurable!5 comments

Andrew wrote 1 year ago: This is a brief follow up to the puzzle I posted a few days ago, and Kenny’s very insightful p … more →

Tags: Set Theory, Probability, Supertask, Axiom of Choice, Unmeasurable sets, Credences

Guessing the result of infinitely many coin tosses20 comments

Andrew wrote 1 year ago: What is the probability that an infinite number of coin tosses all land heads up? In a relatively re … more →

Tags: Probability, Credence, Infinite coin toss, Principal Principle, Supertask

Self-locating uncertainty in the Everettian multiverse13 comments

Andrew wrote 1 year ago: Last time I gave a brief summary of some of the positions on uncertainty in EQM, as far as I underst … more →

Tags: metaphysics, quantum mechanics, Many Worlds Theory, Self locating uncertainty, Indexical belief, Hugh Everett III

Uncertainty in the Many Worlds Theory11 comments

Andrew wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been thinking a bit more about probability in the Everettian picture, and I’m tenta … more →

Tags: metaphysics, indeterminacy, Everett, quantum mechanics, Probability, Many Worlds Theory, Decision Theory, david deutsch

Everett and Elga's Principle of Indifference10 comments

Andrew wrote 1 year ago: I’m a bit out of my depth on this one, knowing nothing about physics, so if this is all nonsen … more →

Tags: metaphysics, Everett, many-worlds interpretation, Adam Elga, Principle of Indifference, Centred worlds, quantum mechanics, Probability

How to get something from nothing.2 comments

jrshipley wrote 1 year ago: An I-think-fallacy-revealing-but-maybe-strawman variation on an argument given by Roger White at FEW … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Evidence, Reasons


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