Belief versus knowledge: An epic battle, but no clear victor

Daniel Heiskell Lassiter

doi:10.1017/S0140525X2000182X

Belief versus knowledge: An epic battle, but no clear victor

Daniel Heiskell Lassiter^*

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School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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Abstract

The knowledge-first approach is attractive and consistent with a wide variety of evidence. So is the opposing belief-first picture. I explain why the target article's criticisms of the latter fail, and argue that the outcome is a stalemate.

Original language	English
Article number	e159
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	44
Early online date	19 Nov 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X2000182X
Publication status	Published - 2021

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