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Higher-Order Evidence and Calibrationism

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Higher-Order Evidence and Calibrationism
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ru Ye
SeriesElements in Epistemology
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:75
Category/GenrePhilosophy - epistemology and theory of knowledge
Ethics and moral philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9781009124195
ClassificationsDewey:121
Audience
General
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 26 January 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The higher-order evidence debate concerns how higher-order evidence affects the rationality of our first-order beliefs. This Element has two parts. The first part (Sections 1 and 2) provides a critical overview of the literature, aiming to explain why the higher-order evidence debate is interesting and important. The second part (Sections 3 to 6) defends calibrationism, the view that we should respond to higher-order evidence by aligning our credences to our reliability degree. The author first discusses the traditional version of calibrationism and explains its main difficulties, before proposing a new version of calibrationism called 'Evidence-Discounting Calibrationism.' The Element argues that this new version is independently plausible and that it can avoid the difficulties faced by the traditional version.