Question: We describe our outcomes using a language with one predicate, G , and six names denoting individuals: a 1 , a 2 , a 3
We describe our outcomes using a language with one predicate, G and six names denoting individuals: a a a a a a So the atomic sentences of this language are Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga and Ga; we can form more sentences by using our connectives etc Assume our initial credence function is Carnap's C which divides credence equally among structure descriptions, and also divides credence equally among state descriptions that are consistent with a given structure description.
Recall: A state description is a conjunction that includes, for every atomic sentence in the language, either that sentence or its negation. A structure description is a statement that says how many individuals are correctly described by each predicate. Most structure descriptions are consistent with many different state descriptions.
What is CGa
What is CGaGa
What is CGaGaGa
What is CGaGaGaGa
Do your answers to suggest anything interesting about how ideally rational agents whose prior credences are given by C will reason?
Now, let's introduce a gruelike predicate, Q which we can define as follows:
Qa is true if and only if Ga is true
Qa is true if and only if Ga is true
Qa is true if and only if Ga is true
Qa is true if and only if Ga is true
Qa is true if and only if Ga is true
Qa is true if and only if Ga is not true
Heres the thought: Q is like "grue": You have property Q iff you are either G green and first observed before a certain time, or else you are not G and first observed after that time. And aa are the objects that get observed before that time; a gets observed after that time.
So: We can rewrite Qa as Ga and we can rewrite Qa as Ga
What is CQa
What is CQaQa
What is CQaQaQa
What is CQaQaQaQa
Do your answers to suggest anything interesting about how ideally rational agents whose prior credences are given by C will reason?
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