Book chapter
You Can't Trust a Philosopher
Disagreement
Oxford University Press
08/05/2010
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199226078.003.0006
Abstract
This chapter discusses disagreements in philosophy. It acknowledges that learning of peer disagreement provides a reason against a philosophical belief one holds, but argues that one can discount this sort of reason against one's view on the grounds that most philosophers are unreliable on the sort of issue in question, a fact that makes it likely that the philosopher with whom one disagrees is also unreliable. However, this way of out the sceptical puzzle posed by disagreements leads to another problem, since the reliability of a philosopher making such an argument is also called into question.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- You Can't Trust a Philosopher
- Creators
- Richard Fumerton
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Disagreement
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; Oxford
- DOI
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199226078.003.0006
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/05/2010
- Academic Unit
- Philosophy
- Record Identifier
- 9984397950302771
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