Framing how we think about disagreement
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DOI: 10.1007/s11098-017-0971-9
Abstract: Disagreement is a hot topic right now in epistemology, where there is spirited debate between epistemologists who argue that we should be moved by the fact that we disagree and those who argue that we… read more here.
Keywords: peer disagreement; framing think; epistemology; disagreement ... See more keywords
Explanationism provides the best explanation of the epistemic significance of peer disagreement
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DOI: 10.1007/s11098-019-01286-0
Abstract: In this paper, I provide a novel explanationist framework for thinking about peer disagreement that solves many of the puzzles regarding disagreement that have troubled epistemologists over the last two decades. Explanationism is the view… read more here.
Keywords: disagreement; best explanation; peer disagreement; explanationism provides ... See more keywords
Peer Disagreement and the Bridge Principle
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DOI: 10.1007/s11245-018-9595-8
Abstract: One explanation of rational peer disagreement is that agents find themselves in an epistemically permissive situation. In fact, some authors have suggested that, while evidence could be impermissive at the intrapersonal level, it is permissive… read more here.
Keywords: principle; peer disagreement; bridge; epistemically permissive ... See more keywords
A HIGHER-ORDER APPROACH TO DISAGREEMENT
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DOI: 10.1017/epi.2016.43
Abstract: ABSTRACT While many philosophers have agreed that evidence of disagreement is a kind of higher-order evidence, this has not yet resulted in formally precise higher-order approaches to the problem of disagreement. In this paper, we… read more here.
Keywords: peer disagreement; higher order; weight view; disagreement ... See more keywords
Peer-Disagreement about Restaurant Bills and Abortion: A Conciliationist Response to Peer Disagreement does not lead to Skepticism in Ethics
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DOI: 10.1163/18756735-000019
Abstract: The author defends Conciliationism as a response to peer-disagreement in ethics against a prominent objection: if in cases of peer-disagreement we have to move our credences towards those of our dissenting peers, then we have… read more here.
Keywords: counts evidence; response peer; peer disagreement; evidence ... See more keywords
‘Peer Disagreement’ and Evidence of Evidence
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DOI: 10.5840/logos-episteme20189431
Abstract: What the rational thing to do in the face of disagreement by an epistemic peer is has been much discussed recently. Those who think that a peer’s disagreement is itself evidence against one’s belief, as… read more here.
Keywords: peer disagreement; evidence evidence; evidence; disagreement evidence ... See more keywords