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A reappraisal of the hangman paradox

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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. Samuel Johnson

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Bas Jongeling & Teun Koetsier

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Jongeling, B., Koetsier, T. A reappraisal of the hangman paradox. Philosophia 22, 299–311 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02379649

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