Erratum to: Thought experiments and the problem of deviant realizations
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Erratum to: Thought experiments and the problem of deviant realizations
Thomas Grundmann 0
Joachim Horvath 0
0 T. Grundmann J. Horvath (&) Philosophisches Seminar, Universita t zu Ko ln , Albertus-Magnus-Platz 1, 50923 Cologne , Germany
Here we explicitly state that Smith's inference is based only on his belief that Jones owns a Ford, and that this logical inference provides Smith's only justification for believing that someone in his office owns a Ford (to make things fully precise, we also add a time index). should be replaced with Here we explicitly state that Smith's inference is based only on his belief that Jones owns a Ford (plus the justified background belief that Jones is in his office), and that this logical inference provides Smith's only justification for believing that someone in his office owns a Ford (to make things fully precise, we also add a time index).1 1 The added part is highlighted in boldface.
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And within the case description (FORD-III), the sentence
From this belief alone, Smith logically infers, at time t, to the justified belief
that someone in his office owns a Ford, which provides his only justification
for that belief at t.
should be replaced with
From this belief alone (plus the justified background belief that Jones is in
his office), Smith logically infers, at time t, to the justified belief that someone
in his office owns a Ford, which provides his only justification for that belief
at t.2
2 The added part is highlighted in boldface.
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