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Abstract
When do we agree? The answer might once have seemed simple and obvious; we agree that p when we each believe that p . But from a formal epistemological perspective, where degrees of belief are more fundamental than beliefs, this answer is unsatisfactory. On the one hand, there is reason to suppose that it is false; degrees of belief about p might differ when beliefs simpliciter on p do not. On the other hand, even if it is true, it is too vague; for what it is to believe simpliciter ought to be explained in terms of degrees of belief.
This paper presents several possible notions of agreement, and corresponding notions of disagreement. It indicates how the findings are fruitful for the epistemology of disagreement, with special reference to the notion of epistemic peerhood.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 223-236 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Philosophy and Phenomenological Research |
Volume | 97 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 15 Dec 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2018 |
Funding
This paper results from an ongoing General Research Fund project on ‘Computational Social Epistemology and Scientific Method’ (#341413), funded by Hong Kong's Research Grants Council. I'm grateful to David Christensen and Paisley Livingston for comments on an earlier version.
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Computational Social Epistemology and Scientific Method (計算社會認識論和科學方法)
ROWBOTTOM, D. P. (PI)
Research Grants Council (HKSAR)
1/01/14 → 30/06/17
Project: Grant Research