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🧠What should you do when someone you respect disagrees with you?
Should you change your mind—or stick to your beliefs?
In this talk, I defend a view about disagreement:
👉 you should adjust your confidence (credence)
👉 but you don’t always need to change your beliefs
This helps resolve a central puzzle in epistemology: when you encounter a peer who disagrees with you, it can seem like you have reason both to revise your view and to stick with it. I argue that we can make sense of this by distinguishing between degrees of confidence and belief.
I also offer two additional arguments for this view:
👉 one about the relationship between contents and attitudes
👉 another about epistemic peerhood
This talk was originally presented at the Social (Distance) Epistemology Workshop (August 21, 2020), and includes a short Q&A.
đź“„ Paper:
philpapers.org/rec/JACDDA-2
⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 Talk
10:00 Q&A
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Check out my website: liz-jackson.com
For more on my research: liz-jackson.com/research
For popular-level interviews, podcasts, and blog posts I’ve done: liz-jackson.com/public-philosophy
Follow me on social media:
Twitter: twitter.com/lizjackson111
Instagram: @lizjackson111
Facebook: facebook.com/lizjackson111
🧠What should you do when someone you respect disagrees with you?
Should you change your mind—or stick to your beliefs?
In this talk, I defend a view about disagreement:
👉 you should adjust your confidence (credence)
👉 but you don’t always need to change your beliefs
This helps resolve a central puzzle in epistemology: when you encounter a peer who disagrees with you, it can seem like you have reason both to revise your view and to stick with it. I argue that we can make sense of this by distinguishing between degrees of confidence and belief.
I also offer two additional arguments for this view:
👉 one about the relationship between contents and attitudes
👉 another about epistemic peerhood
This talk was originally presented at the Social (Distance) Epistemology Workshop (August 21, 2020), and includes a short Q&A.
đź“„ Paper:
philpapers.org/rec/JACDDA-2
⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 Talk
10:00 Q&A
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Check out my website: liz-jackson.com
For more on my research: liz-jackson.com/research
For popular-level interviews, podcasts, and blog posts I’ve done: liz-jackson.com/public-philosophy
Follow me on social media:
Twitter: twitter.com/lizjackson111
Instagram: @lizjackson111
Facebook: facebook.com/lizjackson111
