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disagreement - phil
Dr. harker
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| disagreement factor | - factor leads people to divergent yet reasonable answers to a single question |
| suspension of judgement | - realization of disagreement does give you good but NOT conclusive reason to think your belief was false - significant evidence both for and against OR no significant evidence for or against |
| higher-order evidence | - evidence that is there is evidence for a certain belief - evidence that you screw up in some way in coming to your belief ( missing evidence ) |
| example of when to defer to others | - based on what you were taught in elementary, you believe pluto was a full-size planet - in today's age, astronomers found pluto to be a dwarf planet - you should defer to astronomers' claims |
| example of when to NOT defer to others | - Haley started listening to Morgan Wallen. She claims he is outstanding. She states he has 11 studio albums. - you should not defer with Haley's claims |
| reasons why appealing to experts is challenging | - fellow experts may disagree ( astronomers = experts in astrology ) - difficulty figuring out who the expert is ( ex. expert = god ) |
| stick to your guns | - disbelieve others beliefs and to stick to your own belief ( disbelief ) |
| split the difference | - you and your peers beliefs are seen as equal reasoning - different comparison class |
| illusory disagreement example | - Jen argues Nate is short. Sam argues he is not short. - different comparison class |
| epistemic peer | - roughly equal on all disagreement factors - equally likely to answer correctly - equal knowledge or expertise |
| epistemic inferior | - not surpass others in disagreement factors - more likely to answer correctly - lesser understanding or knowledge |
| epistemic superior | - surpass others in disagreement factors - more likely to answer correctly - higher level of knowledge and expertise |
| belief | - adopting the other person's belief - accepting a proposition as true or likely - realization of disagreement does give good reason to change your view |
| disbelief | - sticking with your old belief - denial of proposition as false of unlikely - stick to your guns - realization of disagreement does NOT give good reason to change your view |
| illusory disagreement | - no genuine disagreement exists |
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