b. 1973
Adam Elga is an American philosopher specializing in epistemology, decision theory, and philosophy of mind. He is known for his influential work on self-locating beliefs, the Sleeping Beauty problem, and the dynamics of rational credence. He currently teaches at Princeton University.
Developed the 'thirder' solution to the Sleeping Beauty problem
Contributed foundational work on self-locating belief and indexical credence
Advanced the Indifference Principle in anthropic reasoning
Published influential work on epistemic peer disagreement
Wrote extensively on subjective probability and Bayesian epistemology