The memory skepticism solution to the surprise exam paradox

Abstract

Will a surprise exam happen in the next school week? The memory skepticism solution says, “The students should expect a rational student on the penultimate evening of that week to open themselves up to the possibility that the exam may have happened already, rather than predicting that the exam will happen tomorrow.”

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Terence Rajivan Edward
University of Manchester (PhD)

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