Van Inwagen on Testimony and Contingency

Christopher Daly

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Van Inwagen on Testimony and Contingency

Christopher Daly

Philosophy

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This paper assesses two arguments that Peter van Inwagen has offered concerning rational belief revision. The arguments purport to show that we should radically decrease our degree of belief in philosophical propositions given certain relatively uncontroversial data. Call the arguments ‘the argument from expert testimony’ and ‘the argument from contingency’.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Quo Vadis, Metaphysics?
Subtitle of host publication	Essays in Honor of Peter van Inwagen
Editors	Miroslaw Szatkowski
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	de Gruyter, Walter GmbH & Co
Pages	399-412
Number of pages	14
Volume	81
ISBN (Print)	9783110662498
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110664812-022
Publication status	Published - 18 Nov 2020

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Evidence base

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