Monty Hall saves Dr. Evil: on Elga’s restricted principle of indifference

Marcoci, Alexandru (2018) Monty Hall saves Dr. Evil: on Elga’s restricted principle of indifference. Erkenntnis. ISSN 0165-0106

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Abstract

In this paper I show that Elga's (2004) argument for a restricted principle of indifference for self-locating belief relies on the kind of mistaken reasoning that recommends the 'staying' strategy in the Monty Hall problem.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://link.springer.com/journal/10670
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Authors © CC BY 4.0
Divisions:	Government
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics
Date Deposited:	08 May 2018 10:50
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 21:38
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/87792

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