“The problem of warranted objections”
Abstract Disagreement is common. What happens when epistemic peers disagree over some issue p, where A believes p but B believes not-p? Conciliationism says that both A and B should suspend judgment after learning of their disagreement. But suppose A is the first to assert on the matter. B is then the first to learn of their disagreement. Does B have warrant to assert not-p in response? Answering this question leads to a surprising conclusion: the epistemic norm of assertion is incompatible with conciliationism.
Authors
- Russell Ming
Institutions
- University of California, Irvine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Philosophical Quarterly
- Published
- 2025-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqaf101
- Primary Topic
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universität zu Köln