| Description |
1 online resource (65 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge elements. Elements in epistemology, 2398-0567 |
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Cambridge elements. Elements in epistemology.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Major positions in the higher-order evidence debate -- 3. Calibrationism and its main motivations -- 4. The problem of ignoring evidence -- 5. The conflict with conditionalization -- 6. Evidence-discounting calibrationism -- 7. Conclusion |
| Summary |
The higher-order evidence debate concerns how higher-order evidence affects the rationality of our first-order beliefs. This Element has two parts. The first part (Sections 1 and 2) provides a critical overview of the literature, aiming to explain why the higher-order evidence debate is interesting and important. The second part (Sections 3 to 6) defends calibrationism, the view that we should respond to higher-order evidence by aligning our credences to our reliability degree. The author first discusses the traditional version of calibrationism and explains its main difficulties, before proposing a new version of calibrationism called Evidence-Discounting Calibrationism. The Element argues that this new version is independently plausible and that it can avoid the difficulties faced by the traditional version.-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Knowledge, Theory of.
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Evidence.
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epistemology.
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Evidence
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Knowledge, Theory of
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781009127332 |
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1009127330 |
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