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The Reflection Principle and the Ex-Ante Pareto Principle in Anna Mahtani’s Objects of Credence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2024

Luc Bovens*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
*

Abstract

First, Mahtani argues that both in the game The Mug and in the Sleeping Beauty we should not defer to a trusted person under a particular designation if they do not self-identify under this designation. This invites a more complex Reflection Principle. I respond that there are more parsimonious ways to avoid the challenges posed to the Reflection Principle. Second, Mahtani argues that preferences create a hyperintensional context, which poses a challenge to the Ex-Ante Pareto Principle that can be averted by supervaluation. I respond that such an appeal to supervaluation would block randomization as a fair allocation device.

Type
Symposium Article
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press

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References

Mahtani, A. 2024. Objects of Credence. Oxford: Oxford University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar