A neo-Pyrrhonian response to the disagreeing about disagreement argument

An objection that has been raised to the conciliatory stance on the epistemic significance of peer disagreement known as the Equal Weight View is that it is self-defeating, self-undermining, or self-refuting. The proponent of that view claims that equal weight should be given to all the parties to a...

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Autor: Machuca, Diego Emanuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/53085
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/53085
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CONCILIATIONISM
DISAGREEMENT
EQUAL WEIGHT VIEW
PYRRHONIAN SKEPTICISM
RATIONALITY
SELF-DEFEAT
SELF-REFUTATION
SUSPENSION OF JUDGMENT
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
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spelling A neo-Pyrrhonian response to the disagreeing about disagreement argumentMachuca, Diego EmanuelCONCILIATIONISMDISAGREEMENTEQUAL WEIGHT VIEWPYRRHONIAN SKEPTICISMRATIONALITYSELF-DEFEATSELF-REFUTATIONSUSPENSION OF JUDGMENThttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6An objection that has been raised to the conciliatory stance on the epistemic significance of peer disagreement known as the Equal Weight View is that it is self-defeating, self-undermining, or self-refuting. The proponent of that view claims that equal weight should be given to all the parties to a peer dispute. Hence, if one of his epistemic peers defends the opposite view, he is required to give equal weight to the two rival views, thereby undermining his confidence in the correctness of the Equal Weight View. It seems that the same objection could be leveled against those who claim to suspend judgment in the face of pervasive unresolvable disagreements, as do the Pyrrhonian skeptics. In this paper, I explore the kind of response to the objection that could be offered from a neo-Pyrrhonian perspective, with the aim of better understanding the intriguing character of Pyrrhonian skepticism.Fil: Machuca, Diego Emanuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaSpringer2017-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/53085Machuca, Diego Emanuel; A neo-Pyrrhonian response to the disagreeing about disagreement argument; Springer; Synthese (Dordrecht); 194; 5; 5-2017; 1663-16800039-7857CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s11229-015-1012-xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11229-015-1012-xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2024-05-08T14:05:48Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/53085instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982024-05-08 14:05:48.542CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A neo-Pyrrhonian response to the disagreeing about disagreement argument
title A neo-Pyrrhonian response to the disagreeing about disagreement argument
spellingShingle A neo-Pyrrhonian response to the disagreeing about disagreement argument
Machuca, Diego Emanuel
CONCILIATIONISM
DISAGREEMENT
EQUAL WEIGHT VIEW
PYRRHONIAN SKEPTICISM
RATIONALITY
SELF-DEFEAT
SELF-REFUTATION
SUSPENSION OF JUDGMENT
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
title_short A neo-Pyrrhonian response to the disagreeing about disagreement argument
title_full A neo-Pyrrhonian response to the disagreeing about disagreement argument
title_fullStr A neo-Pyrrhonian response to the disagreeing about disagreement argument
title_full_unstemmed A neo-Pyrrhonian response to the disagreeing about disagreement argument
title_sort A neo-Pyrrhonian response to the disagreeing about disagreement argument
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Machuca, Diego Emanuel
author Machuca, Diego Emanuel
author_facet Machuca, Diego Emanuel
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CONCILIATIONISM
DISAGREEMENT
EQUAL WEIGHT VIEW
PYRRHONIAN SKEPTICISM
RATIONALITY
SELF-DEFEAT
SELF-REFUTATION
SUSPENSION OF JUDGMENT
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
topic CONCILIATIONISM
DISAGREEMENT
EQUAL WEIGHT VIEW
PYRRHONIAN SKEPTICISM
RATIONALITY
SELF-DEFEAT
SELF-REFUTATION
SUSPENSION OF JUDGMENT
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
description An objection that has been raised to the conciliatory stance on the epistemic significance of peer disagreement known as the Equal Weight View is that it is self-defeating, self-undermining, or self-refuting. The proponent of that view claims that equal weight should be given to all the parties to a peer dispute. Hence, if one of his epistemic peers defends the opposite view, he is required to give equal weight to the two rival views, thereby undermining his confidence in the correctness of the Equal Weight View. It seems that the same objection could be leveled against those who claim to suspend judgment in the face of pervasive unresolvable disagreements, as do the Pyrrhonian skeptics. In this paper, I explore the kind of response to the objection that could be offered from a neo-Pyrrhonian perspective, with the aim of better understanding the intriguing character of Pyrrhonian skepticism.
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