Solving the Contact Paradox: Rational Belief in the Teeth of the Evidence
Evidentialism is the doctrine that rational belief should be proportioned to one’s evidence. By “one’s evidence,” I mean evidence that we possess and know that we possess. I specifically exclude from “evidence” the following: information of which we are unaware that our brain might rely on in constr...
Main Author: | Thomas Vinci |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Alfredo Mac Laughlin
2020-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Science Fiction and Philosophy |
Online Access: | https://jsfphil.org/vol-3/vinci-solving-the-contact-paradox/ |
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