ABSTRACT

I argue that a popular view about self-locating evidence implies that there are cases in which agents have surprisingly strong evidence for their own reincarnation. The central case is an ‘Immortal Beauty' scenario, modelled after the well-known Sleeping Beauty puzzle. I argue that if the popular ‘thirder’ solution to the puzzle is correct, then Immortal Beauty should be confident that she's going to be reincarnated. The essay also examines another pro-reincarnation argument due to Michael Huemer (2021). I argue that his argument fails, and that my argument establishes an alternative way in which mere existence can be evidence for reincarnation. I then examine whether my result generalizes.

摘要

我认为，关于自我定位证据的一种流行观点意味着，在某些情况下，代理人拥有令人惊讶的强有力证据来证明他们自己的转世。中心案例是一个“不朽的美人”场景，以著名的睡美人谜题为蓝本。我认为，如果流行的“第三者”解谜是正确的，那么不朽的美人应该相信她会转世。这篇文章还研究了迈克尔·休默 (Michael Huemer) (2021) 提出的另一个支持转世的论点。我认为他的论点是失败的，而我的论点建立了另一种方式，仅存在就可以作为轮回的证据。然后我检查我的结果是否具有概括性。