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Inertia, Optimism and Beauty

Hawley, Patrick (2010) Inertia, Optimism and Beauty. [Preprint]

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The best arguments for the 1/3 answer to the Sleeping Beauty problem all require that when Beauty awakes on Monday she should be uncertain what day it is. I argue that this claim should be rejected, thereby clearing the way to accept the 1/2 solution.


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Item Type: Preprint
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Hawley, Patrick
Keywords: Sleeping Beauty, Shangri-La
Subjects: General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
Depositing User: Patrick Hawley
Date Deposited: 27 Apr 2010
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2010 15:19
Item ID: 5319
Subjects: General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
Date: March 2010
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/5319

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