Saunders and Wallace on Everett and Lewis

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 59 (3):307-314 (2008)
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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. CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    What's this?

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