A number of well-developed theories shed light on the question, under what circumstances our beliefs enjoy epistemic justification. Yet, comparatively little is known about epistemic defeat--when new information causes the loss of epistemic justification. This book proposes and …
It seems like an obviously true claim that people can reasonably disagree. But we should wonder whether it is rational for people to continue to believe what they believe knowing that what they believe is controversial. Under normal circumstances, this question can be satisfacto…
It seems that the following statements are pairwise consistent (any two are consistent) but form an inconsistent triad (at least one must be false): (1) Regarding their respective inquires into p and q , A and B assess the evidential value of the same (or sufficiently similar) f…