@misc{cogprints4519,
month = {August},
title = {A Third Route to the Doomsday Argument},
author = {Paul Franceschi},
year = {2005},
keywords = {Doomsday argument, two-urn case, emerald case, thought experiement, probability theory},
url = {http://cogprints.org/4519/},
abstract = {In this paper, I present a solution to the Doomsday argument based on a third type of solution, by contrast to on the one hand, the Carter-Leslie view and on the other hand, the Eckhardt et al. analysis. I begin by strengthening both competing models by highlighting some variations of their ancestors models, which renders them less vulnerable to several objections. I describe then a third line of solution, which incorporates insights from both Leslie and Eckhardt's models and fits more adequately with the human situation corresponding to DA. I argue then that this two-sided analogy casts new light on the reference class problem. This leads finally to a novel formulation of the argument that could well be more consensual than the original one.}
}