TY - JOUR
T1 - A new solution to the problem of peer disagreement
AU - Weintraub, Ruth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/9/13
Y1 - 2020/9/13
N2 - In this paper, I defend a new solution to the problem of peer disagreement, the question as to how you should respond when you learn that your ‘epistemic peer’ disagrees with you about some issue (tomorrow’s weather, the permissibility of abortion, the existence of universals). I consider four (familiar) test cases that together impugn every extant full-blown theory about peer disagreement. I present my own solution, show that it delivers the intuitive verdict in the test cases and address some objections.
AB - In this paper, I defend a new solution to the problem of peer disagreement, the question as to how you should respond when you learn that your ‘epistemic peer’ disagrees with you about some issue (tomorrow’s weather, the permissibility of abortion, the existence of universals). I consider four (familiar) test cases that together impugn every extant full-blown theory about peer disagreement. I present my own solution, show that it delivers the intuitive verdict in the test cases and address some objections.
KW - Peer disagreement
KW - conciliationism
KW - justificationism
KW - total evidence view
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85056194653&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/0020174X.2018.1544099
DO - 10.1080/0020174X.2018.1544099
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AN - SCOPUS:85056194653
SN - 0020-174X
VL - 63
SP - 795
EP - 811
JO - Inquiry (United Kingdom)
JF - Inquiry (United Kingdom)
IS - 8
ER -