Journal of Philosophy 117 (5):267-292 (2020)
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I examine what the mathematical theory of random structures can teach us about the probability of Plenitude, a thesis closely related to David Lewis's modal realism. Given some natural assumptions, Plenitude is reasonably probable a priori, but in principle it can be (and plausibly it has been) empirically disconfirmed—not by any general qualitative evidence, but rather by our de re evidence.
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| Keywords | random structures model theory modal realism multiverse ur-prior Bayesian epistemology natural properties induction |
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| DOI | 10.5840/jphil2020117517 |
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