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Knowledge, Assumptions, Lotteries
Author(s) -
Harman Gilbert,
Sherman Brett
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
philosophical issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.638
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1758-2237
pISSN - 1533-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1533-6077.2004.00041.x
Subject(s) - citation , philosophy , computer science , library science
(Q1) Why is it intuitively correct that one can know one will be in San Francisco next year but not intuitively correct that one can know one won’t die in the interim? (Q2) Why is it intuitively correct that one can know using statistical reasoning that a given coin is not heavily biased toward heads by tossing it a few times but not intuitively correct that one can know using statistical reasoning that one’s lottery ticket is not the winning ticket?