“Believing at will is possible”−or is it? Some remarks on Peels’s “truth depends on belief” cases and voluntariness

Abstract This article discusses Rik Peels's response to Williams's argument against voluntary belief. Williams argues that voluntary beliefs must be acquired independently of truth-considerations, so they cannot count as beliefs after all, since beliefs aim at truth. Peels attempted to rep...

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Main Authors: CLAUDIO CORMICK, VALERIA EDELSZTEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2023-07-01
Series:Manuscrito
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452023000200001&tlng=en