Knowledge, Information and Surprise

  • Margarita Vazquez Universidad de la Laguna
Keywords: knowledge, information, paradox, surprise exam, logic

Abstract

In this paper, I analyse the paradox called The surprise exam paradox or The unexpected hanging paradox. I study some interpretations of this paradox, like Quine and Ned Hall ones, and give my own view about its solution, making some approaches from classical logic and from temporal or epistemic logic.

Author Biography

Margarita Vazquez, Universidad de la Laguna
DEPARTAMENTO DE FILOSOFIA DE LA CIENCIA, LA EDUCACION Y EL LENGUAJE. PROFESORA TITULAR DE UNIVERSIDAD.
Published
2009-11-06
Section
Special Issue: What is Really Information? An Interdisciplinary Approach.