Acta Structuralica

international journal for structuralist research

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Horgan on sleeping beauty

Joel Pust

pp. 97-101

Abstract

With the notable exception of David Lewis, most of those writing on the Sleeping Beauty problem have argued that 1/3 is the correct answer. Terence Horgan has provided the clearest account of why, contrary to Lewis, Beauty has evidence against the proposition that the coin comes up heads when she awakens on Monday. In this paper, I argue that Horgan’s proposal fails because it neglects important facts about epistemic probability.

Publication details

Published in:

(2008) Synthese 160 (1).

Pages: 97-101

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-006-9102-4

Full citation:

Pust Joel (2008) „Horgan on sleeping beauty“. Synthese 160 (1), 97–101.