Disagreement, equal weight and commutativity

Alastair Wilson

doi:10.1007/s11098-009-9362-1

Disagreement, equal weight and commutativity

Alastair Wilson

Philosophy

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Abstract

How should we respond to cases of disagreement where two epistemic agents have the same evidence but come to different conclusions? Adam Elga has provided a Bayesian framework for addressing this question. In this paper, I shall highlight two unfortunate consequences of this framework, which Elga does not anticipate. Both problems derive from a failure of commutativity between application of the equal weight view and updating in the light of other evidence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	321-326
Number of pages	6
Journal	Philosophical Studies
Volume	149
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-009-9362-1
Publication status	Published - 10 Mar 2009

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