Higher-Order Evidence and Calibrationism

Higher-Order Evidence and Calibrationism

by Ru Ye
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 31/01/2023

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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.

ISBN:
9781009369633
9781009369633
Category:
Ethics & moral philosophy
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
31-01-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press

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