Bostrom, Nick (2002) Self-Locating Belief in Big Worlds: Cosmology’s Missing Link to Observation. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Current cosmological theories say that the world is so big that all possible observations are in fact made. But then, how can such theories be tested? What could count as negative evidence? To answer that, we need to consider observation selection effects.
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| Additional Information: | This is a preprint of “Self-Locating Belief in Big Worlds: Cosmology’s Missing Link to Observation.” Journal of Philosophy. Vol. 99, No. 12. (2002) | ||||||
| Keywords: | self-locating belief, anthropic principle, self-sampling assumption, cosmology, indexical evidence, observation, indexical epistemology, observation selection effects, Bayesian, paradox, probability, underdetermination | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics General Issues > Confirmation/Induction Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology General Issues > Theory/Observation |
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| Depositing User: | Nick Bostrom | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2004 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:12 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 1625 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics General Issues > Confirmation/Induction Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology General Issues > Theory/Observation |
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| Date: | December 2002 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1625 |
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