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: a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6. So, the atomic sentences of this language are Ga1, Ga2, Ga3, Ga4, Ga5, and Ga6; 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.)
1. What is C*(Ga6)?
2. What is C*(Ga6|Ga1)?
3. What is C*(Ga6|Ga1Ga2)?
4. What is C*(Ga6|Ga1Ga2Ga3)?
5. Do your answers to 1-4 suggest anything interesting about how ideally rational agents whose prior credences are given by C* will reason?
Now, let's introduce a grue-like predicate, Q, which we can define as follows:
Qa1 is true if and only if Ga1 is true
Qa2 is true if and only if Ga2 is true
Qa3 is true if and only if Ga3 is true
Qa4 is true if and only if Ga4 is true
Qa5 is true if and only if Ga5 is true
Qa6 is true if and only if Ga6 is not true
(Here's 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 a1-a5 are the objects that get observed before that time; a6 gets observed after that time.)
So: We can rewrite "Qa1" as "Ga1," and we can rewrite "Qa6" as "Ga6".
6. What is C*(Qa6)?
7. What is C*(Qa6|Qa1)?
8. What is C*(Qa6|Qa1Qa2)?
9. What is C*(Qa6|Qa1Qa2Qa3)?
10. Do your answers to 5-9 suggest anything interesting about how ideally rational agents whose prior credences are given by C* will reason?

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