The Unexpected Hanging Problem and a Trivial, but Unexpected, Solution

Pinheiro, I. (2015) The Unexpected Hanging Problem and a Trivial, but Unexpected, Solution. Advances in Research, 4 (1). pp. 36-44. ISSN 23480394

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Abstract

The Unexpected Hanging Problem is also known as the Surprise Examination Problem. We here solve it by isolating what is logical reasoning from the rest of the human psyche. In a not-so-orthodox analysis, following our tradition (The Liar, Dichotomy, The Sorites and Russell’s Paradox), we talk about the problem from a perspective that is more distant than all the known perspectives. From an observational point that is in much farther than all the observational points used until now, the reader can finally see why the problem has been perpetuated as a problem and can also see that the problem was never an actual problem: Once more, we have an allurement. The allurement this time makes us start paying attention to all the complexity of the human psyche when studying problems that involve human feelings. The main finding could be told to be that we have to understand and study more the human psyche, in all its intricacies, also when dealing with problems that seem to belong with exclusivity to Mathematics or Logic.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: European Repository > Multidisciplinary
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 07 Jun 2023 07:54
Last Modified: 02 Dec 2023 06:05
URI: http://go7publish.com/id/eprint/2430

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