TY - JOUR
T1 - Can a dialetheist stay regular?
AU - Eldridge-Smith, Peter
AU - Joven Joaquin, Jeremiah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/6/18
Y1 - 2024/6/18
N2 - For a dialetheist, it is rational to believe that true contradictions exist. However, we argue that a dialetheist faces a complex dilemma given some bridge principles for rational beliefs that connect possibility and probability, including the so-called ‘Regularity Principle’. Either her belief is not doxastically possible even for her, or she must assign positive credence to the proposition that dialetheia exists. The former makes her belief prima facie self-defeating. The latter seems to compel her to choose between several more fine-grained options, each of which seems undesirable for a regular and rational probability theory. It is unclear how a dialetheist would stay rationally regular, so we pose this challenge, seeking a response from a dialetheist.
AB - For a dialetheist, it is rational to believe that true contradictions exist. However, we argue that a dialetheist faces a complex dilemma given some bridge principles for rational beliefs that connect possibility and probability, including the so-called ‘Regularity Principle’. Either her belief is not doxastically possible even for her, or she must assign positive credence to the proposition that dialetheia exists. The former makes her belief prima facie self-defeating. The latter seems to compel her to choose between several more fine-grained options, each of which seems undesirable for a regular and rational probability theory. It is unclear how a dialetheist would stay rationally regular, so we pose this challenge, seeking a response from a dialetheist.
KW - Dialetheism
KW - commodularity principle
KW - doxastic possibility
KW - rational credence
KW - regularity principle
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U2 - 10.1080/11663081.2024.2366751
DO - 10.1080/11663081.2024.2366751
M3 - Article
SN - 1166-3081
JO - Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics
JF - Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics
ER -