The Simulation Argument: Reply to Weatherson

Philosophical Quarterly 55 (218):90 - 97 (2005)
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Abstract

I reply to some recent comments by Brian Weatherson on my 'simulation argument'. I clarify some interpretational matters, and address issues relating to epistemological externalism, the difference from traditional brain-in-a-vat arguments, and a challenge based on 'grue'-like predicates

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Nick Bostrom
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Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?Nick Bostrom - 2003 - Philosophical Quarterly 53 (211):243-255.
Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?Nick Bostrom - 2003 - Philosophical Quarterly 53 (211):243-255.
Are we living in a computer simulation?By Nick Bostrom - 2003 - Philosophical Quarterly 53 (211):243–255.
Are you a Sim?Brian Weatherson - 2003 - Philosophical Quarterly 53 (212):425–431.

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