title: A Third Route to the Doomsday Argument
creator: Franceschi, Paul
subject: Logic
subject: Epistemology
description: In 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 original models, which renders them less vulnerable to several objections. I then describe 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 plausible than the original one.
date: 2010-10-02
type: Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://cogprints.org/7044/1/DA-en.pdf
identifier:   Franceschi, Paul  (2010) A Third Route to the Doomsday Argument.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
relation: http://cogprints.org/7044/