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

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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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Item Type:	Other
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID 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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