2005-08-24Z2011-03-11T08:56:09Zhttp://cogprints.org/id/eprint/4519This item is in the repository with the URL: http://cogprints.org/id/eprint/45192005-08-24ZA Third Route to the Doomsday ArgumentIn this paper, I present a solution to the Doomsday argument based on a third type of solution, by contrast to on the one hand, the Carter-Leslie view and on the other hand, the Eckhardt et al. analysis. I begin by strengthening both competing models by highlighting some variations of their ancestors models, which renders them less vulnerable to several objections. I describe then a third line of solution, which incorporates insights from both Leslie and Eckhardt's models and fits more adequately with the human situation corresponding to DA. I argue then that this two-sided analogy casts new light on the reference class problem. This leads finally to a novel formulation of the argument that could well be more consensual than the original one.Paul Franceschi