The resolution of the surprise test paradox

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https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.v9i1.61660

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The surprise test paradox, The prediction paradox, The Moorean approach to the surprise test paradox, The nature of paradoxes

Abstract

We will show in this essay that the Moorean approach to the surprise test paradox is not correct and that the clever student's elimination argument hides a subtle error.

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Emerson Carlos Valcarenghi, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Brasi

Professor do Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade Federal do Piauí, UFPI.

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2022-06-10

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Valcarenghi, E. C. (2022). The resolution of the surprise test paradox. Aufklärung, 9(1), p.11–42. https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.v9i1.61660

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