A Generalization of the Reflection Principle

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dc.description.abstractThis paper generalizes (probabilistic) auto-epistemology by amending the original forward-looking reflection principle of van Fraassen [-@vanfraassen:1984], which is about learning or favorable epistemic changes in general, by a new but similar backward-looking principle, which is about forgetting and other unfavorable epistemic changes. The generalization is argued to be a completion by defending what is called the no-neutrality condition. Due to the similarity, analogous consequences are provable for both principles. This fact is utilized for a plausibility check of the new principle. Finally, it is argued that this generalization should not be considered as a special case of the expert principle.
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