Risky belief

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 106 (3):597-611 (2022)
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Abstract

In this paper I defend the claim that justification is closed under conjunction, and confront its most alarming consequence — that one can have justification for believing propositions that are unlikely to be true, given one's evidence.

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