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Demystifying the Mystery Room

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The Mystery Room problem is a close variant of the Mystery Bag scenario (due to Titelbaum). It is argued here that dealing with this problem requires no revision of the Bayesian formalism, since there exists a solution for it in which indexicals or demonstratives play no essential role. The solution does require labels, which are internal to the probabilistic model. While there needs to be a connection between at least one label and one indexical or demonstrative, that connection is external to the probabilistic model that is used to determine the relevant conditional probability; hence, it does not complicate the update procedure.
Tijdschrift: Thought: A Journal of Philosophy
ISSN: 2161-2234
Issue: 2
Volume: 8
Pagina's: 86 - 95
Jaar van publicatie:2019
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Authors from:Higher Education
Toegankelijkheid:Open