Demystifying the Mystery Room. (20th February 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Demystifying the Mystery Room. (20th February 2019)
- Main Title:
- Demystifying the Mystery Room
- Authors:
- Wenmackers, Sylvia
- Abstract:
- Abstract: The Mystery Room problem is a close variant of the Mystery Bag scenario (due to Titelbaum). It is argued here that dealing with this problem requires no revision of the Bayesian formalism, since there exists a solution to this problem in which indexicals or demonstratives play no essential role. The solution does require labels, which are internal to the probabilistic model. While there needs to be a connection between at least one label and one indexical or demonstrative, that connection is external to the probabilistic model that is used to determine the relevant conditional probability; hence, it does not complicate the update procedure.
- Is Part Of:
- Thought. Volume 8:Number 2(2019:Jun.)
- Journal:
- Thought
- Issue:
- Volume 8:Number 2(2019:Jun.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 8, Issue 2 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0008-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 86
- Page End:
- 95
- Publication Date:
- 2019-02-20
- Subjects:
- Bayesianism -- de se beliefs -- observer selection -- probability -- sample space
Philosophy -- Periodicals
Logic -- Periodicals
Knowledge, Theory of -- Periodicals
105 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2161-2234 ↗
https://www.pdcnet.org/tht ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1002/tht3.408 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2161-2234
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library DSC - 8820.291500
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