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A Dichotomic Analysis of the Surprise Examination Paradox

Franceschi, Paul (2005) A Dichotomic Analysis of the Surprise Examination Paradox. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

This paper proposes a new framework to solve the surprise examination paradox. I survey preliminary the main contributions to the literature related to the paradox. I introduce then a distinction between a monist and a dichotomic analysis of the paradox. With the help of a matrix notation, I also present a dichotomy that leads to distinguish two basically and structurally different notions of surprise, which are respectively based on a conjoint and a disjoint structure. I describe then how Quine's solution and Hall's reduction apply to the version of the paradox corresponding to the conjoint structure. Lastly, I expose a solution to the version of the paradox based on the disjoint structure.


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Franceschi, Paul
Additional Information: published version of preprint 621
Keywords: surprise exam paradox, vagueness, backward induction, self-reference, paradox
Subjects: General Issues > Explanation
Depositing User: Paul Franceschi
Date Deposited: 22 Aug 2008
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2010 15:16
Item ID: 4170
Subjects: General Issues > Explanation
Date: October 2005
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4170

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