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Chapter 9 - Agnosticism, Permissivism, and Peer Disagreement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2024

Avery Archer
Avery Archer
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George Washington University, Washington DC
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In this chapter, I defend two theses: (1) a narrow version of permissivism, according to which it may be rationally permissible to either believe or be agnostic about P, given some fixed body of evidence, e, or disbelieve or be agnostic about P given e, but it is never rationally permissible to believe and disbelieve P relative to e, and (2) the thesis that agnosticism is the rationally appropriate response to cases of revealed peer disagreement. I conclude the chapter by arguing, contra Michele Palmira, that in cases of agnostic disagreement, the agnostic party is rationally justified in retaining her attitude of agnosticism.

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PermissivismUniquenessPeer DisagreementAgnostic ResponseEvidentialismEpistemic PeerhoodPhilip NickelMichele Palmira
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The Attitude of Agnosticism , pp. 171 - 202
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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