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The Simulation Argument and the Reference Class Problem : a Dialectical Contextualism Analysis

Franceschi, Paul (2016) The Simulation Argument and the Reference Class Problem : a Dialectical Contextualism Analysis. [Preprint]

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I present in this paper an analysis of the Simulation Argument from a dialectical contextualist’s standpoint. This analysis is grounded on the reference class problem. I begin with describing in detail Bostrom’s Simulation Argument. I identify then the reference class within the Simulation Argument. I also point out a reference class problem, by applying the argument successively to three different reference classes: aware-simulations, imperfect simulations and immersion-simulations. Finally, I point out that there are three levels of conclusion within the Simulation Argument, depending on the chosen reference class, that yield each final conclusions of a fundamentally different nature.


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Franceschi, Paulpaul@paulfranceschi.com
Keywords: Simulation argument, reference class, reference class problem, simulation
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics
General Issues > Thought Experiments
Depositing User: Paul Franceschi
Date Deposited: 28 Oct 2019 18:08
Last Modified: 28 Oct 2019 18:08
Item ID: 16549
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics
General Issues > Thought Experiments
Date: 1 December 2016
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16549

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