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(2012) Synthese 184 (1).
A recent argument by Hawthorne and Lasonen-Aarnio purports to show that we can uphold the principle that competently forming conjunctions is a knowledge-preserving operation only at the cost of a rampant skepticism about the future. A key premise of their argument is that, in light of quantum-mechanical considerations, future contingents never quite have chance 1 of being true. We argue, by drawing attention to the order of magnitude of the relevant quantum probabilities, that the skeptical threat of Hawthorne and Lasonen-Aarnio’s argument is illusory.
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9693-7
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Douven, I. , Uffink, J. (2012). Quantum probabilities and the conjunction principle. Synthese 184 (1), pp. 109-114.
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