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self-sampling assumption: a standalone construct

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Formal epistemology

the principle that one should reason as if one were a random sample from the set of all observers in one's reference class.

In formal epistemology, self-sampling assumption refers to the principle that one should reason as if one were a random sample from the set of all observers in one's reference class. This meaning comes from Bostrom (2002) in Anthropic Bias.[1]

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References

Bostrom, N. (2002). Anthropic Bias. Routledge. ISBN 9781136711008

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