Saunders and Wallace on Everett and Lewis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399156 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Tappenden (0000-0001-8457-8413, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 307-314 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/axn019 |
| OpenAlex | W1976883796 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 6 |
Simon Saunders and David Wallace attempt to use a modified form of David Lewis's analysis of personal fission to ground the claim that prior to undergoing Everett branching an informed subject can be uncertain about which outcome s/he will observe. I argue that a central assumption of this seductive idea is questionable despite appearing innocuous and that at the very least further argument is needed in support of it.
Argument (complex analysis) · Epistemology · Mathematical economics · Outcome (game theory) · Psychoanalysis · Subject (documents) · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Mathematics · Medicine · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |