Risky belief

Martin Smith

doi:10.1111/phpr.12894

Risky belief

Martin Smith^*

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School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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Abstract

In this paper I defend the claim that justification is closed under conjunction, and confront its most alarming consequence – that one can have justification for believing propositions that are unlikely to be true, given one’s evidence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	597-611
Number of pages	15
Journal	Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
Volume	106
Issue number	3
Early online date	27 Jun 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12894
Publication status	Published - May 2023

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belief
conjunction closure
justification
risk aggregation
single premise closure

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Varieties of Risk
Smith, M. (Principal Investigator)
AHRC
1/09/20 → 30/06/23
Project: Research

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