A Defense of Intrapersonal Belief Permissivism

Elizabeth Jackson*

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    Abstract

    Permissivism is the view that there are evidential situations that rationally permit more than one attitude toward a proposition. In this paper, I argue for Intrapersonal Belief Permissivism (IaBP): That there are evidential situations in which a single agent can rationally adopt more than one belief-attitude toward a proposition. I give two positive arguments for IaBP; the first involves epistemic supererogation and the second involves doubt. Then, I show how these arguments give intrapersonal permissivists a distinct response to the toggling objection. I conclude that IaBP is a view that philosophers should take seriously.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)313-327
    Number of pages15
    JournalEpisteme
    Volume18
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jun 2021

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