Kwon, H;
(2015)
Peer Disagreement and Total Evidence.
Doctoral thesis , UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
How should you respond to the disagreeing opinion of your peer? This question has been discussed under the name of “peer disagreement problem” in epistemology. In this thesis, I focus on this problem by assessing main views about it. In Chapter 1, I provide a paradigmatic peer disagreement case and explain some preliminary points for the later discussion. Then, I discuss the two major views on the peer disagreement problem, Total Evidence View and Equal Weight View. In Chapter 2, I explain and assess Thomas Kelly’s Total Evidence View by distinguishing the two main claims of it, the requirement of Total Evidence View and the total evidence principle. I criticize Total Evidence View by showing that these two claims cannot hold at the same time by discussing several disagreement cases. In Chapter 3, Equal Weight View is discussed by examining arguments for it provided by Adam Elga and David Christensen. I explain and assess this view also by distinguishing the two main claims, the requirement of Equal Weight View and the independence principle. I criticize that the independence principle does not generally hold, based on Kelly’s idea of the justified higher order belief with help from Jennifer Lackey’s argument. Also, I argue that even in the cases where the independence principle holds, this principle does not plausibly yield the requirement of Equal Weight View if you are rationally required to take account of the original evidence again. In the final chapter, I conclude that the cases under the single title of “peer disagreement” are heterogeneous so that providing a general account to them by relying on a single intuition is far from viable.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Title: | Peer Disagreement and Total Evidence |
| Event: | UCL (University College London) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Philosophy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473408 |
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