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How to set a surprise exam

Ned Hall
- 01 Oct 1999 - 
- Vol. 108, Iss: 432, pp 647-703
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This article is published in Mind.The article was published on 1999-10-01. It has received 19 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Surprise.

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Reflection and Disagreement

TL;DR: When the advisor is an epistemic peer, the Equal Weight View as discussed by the authors is a version of the Reflection Principle, and it can be generalized to handle cases involving not just epistemic peers but also epistemic superiors and inferiors.
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Time-Slice Rationality

Brian Hedden
- 01 Apr 2015 - 
TL;DR: Time-slice rationality as mentioned in this paper advocates that the locus of rationality is the time-slice rather than the temporally extended agent, motivated by consideration of puzzle cases for personal identity over time and a very moderate form of internalism about rationality.
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The Surprise Examination or Unexpected Hanging Paradox

TL;DR: The surprise examination or Unexpected hanging paradox as mentioned in this paper is a classic example of a paradox in the setting of algebraic geometry, and it has been studied extensively in the literature.
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The Solution to the Surprise Exam Paradox

TL;DR: The authors refutes the No Friday Argument, which concludes that an exam given on the last day of the testing period cannot be a surprise, using three arguments: the Unprojectible Announcement Argument, the Wright & Sudbury Argument, and the Epistemic Blindspot Argument.
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The Solution to the Surprise Exam Paradox

TL;DR: The Surprise Exam Paradox continues to perplex and torment despite the many solutions that have been offered as discussed by the authors, despite the fact that each solution is only part of the solution and the correct solution requi1·es all three of them to be combined together.
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A theory of higher order probabilities

TL;DR: This work sets up a general framework for higher order probabilities and investigates simple HOPs and then the general ones, and derives the most general structure of such a space.
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The paradox of the unexpected examination

TL;DR: The paradox of the unexpected examination as mentioned in this paper is a well-known topic in the field of philosophy and it has been studied extensively in the literature since the early 1970s, e.g.
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Knowing about surprises: A supposed antinomy revisited

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that it is sufficient to know a finite list of possible times at which an event may occur, and know that it will be a surprise to you.