The surprise exam paradox: a note on formulating it and a solution to it

Ethos: Dialogues in Philosophy and Social Sciences 12 (2):181-186 (2019)
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Some formulations of the surprise paradox involve a pair of unnecessary and controversial assumptions. After casting doubt on these assumptions, I propose a solution to the paradox.

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