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A note on the Doomsday Argument

Lewis, Peter J. (2009) A note on the Doomsday Argument. [Preprint]

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I argue that the Doomsday argument fails because it fails to take into account the lesson of the Sleeping Beauty puzzle.


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Lewis, Peter J.
Keywords: Doomsday Argument, Sleeping Beauty, confirmation, self-location.
Subjects: General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
Depositing User: Peter J. Lewis
Date Deposited: 14 Jul 2009
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2010 15:18
Item ID: 4761
Subjects: General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
Date: July 2009
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4761

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