An Argument for the Non-Arbitrary Existence Hypothesis using Anthropic Reasoning
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| author | Pereira, Toby |
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| contents | This paper uses anthropic reasoning to argue for the Non-Arbitrary Existence Hypothesis (NAEH). Nick Bostrom's Self-Sampling Assumption (SSA) combined with NAEH is compared against SSA without such an assumption and also SSA with the Self-Indication Assumption (SIA). When considered in the light of various thought experiments, including the Incubator Gedanken, the Doomsday Argument, the Presumptuous Philosopher and Bostrom's Adam and Eve thought experiments, SSA with NAEH is found to give the most plausible results. The possibility of principles not explicitly considered in the paper being superior also is discussed but found to have limited plausibility. |
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| spellingShingle | An Argument for the Non-Arbitrary Existence Hypothesis using Anthropic Reasoning Pereira, Toby History and Philosophy of Physics This paper uses anthropic reasoning to argue for the Non-Arbitrary Existence Hypothesis (NAEH). Nick Bostrom's Self-Sampling Assumption (SSA) combined with NAEH is compared against SSA without such an assumption and also SSA with the Self-Indication Assumption (SIA). When considered in the light of various thought experiments, including the Incubator Gedanken, the Doomsday Argument, the Presumptuous Philosopher and Bostrom's Adam and Eve thought experiments, SSA with NAEH is found to give the most plausible results. The possibility of principles not explicitly considered in the paper being superior also is discussed but found to have limited plausibility. |
| title | An Argument for the Non-Arbitrary Existence Hypothesis using Anthropic Reasoning |
| topic | History and Philosophy of Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.05695 |