Sleeping Beauty and the Dynamics of De Se Beliefs

Meacham, Chris (2003) Sleeping Beauty and the Dynamics of De Se Beliefs.

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Abstract

The sleeping beauty problem raises the question of how changes in self-locating beliefs should affect our beliefs about the world. I argue that the responses to the sleeping beauty problem that have been advocated in the literature lead to highly counterintuitive consequences. In light of this, I argue that we should adopt a different account of the dynamics of de se beliefs.

Keywords:	Sleeping Beauty, Bayesianism, Belief Revision, Belief Updating, Belief Dynamics, Belief Change, Reflection, Conditionalization, De Se, Centered World
Subjects:	Specific Sciences: Probability/Statistics General Issues: Confirmation/Induction General Issues: Theory Change
ID Code:	2323
Deposited By:	Meacham, Chris
Deposited On:	07 June 2005

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