What is the role of consciousness in our mental lives? Declan Smithies argues here that
consciousness is essential to explaining how we can acquire knowledge and justified belief …

But what do these statements mean? This may be understood as a metaphysical question
about what kinds of things are probabilities, or more generally as a question about what …

Many views rely on the idea that it can never be rational to have high confidence in
something like," P, but my evidence doesn't support P." Call this idea the" Non-Akrasia …

Rational requirements have a special status in the theory of rationality. This is obvious in
one sense: they supply the content of that theory. But I want to suggest that rational …

I formulate a resilient paradox about epistemic rationality, discuss and reject various
solutions, and sketch a way out. The paradox exemplifies a tension between a wide range of …

Plausibly, you should believe what your total evidence supports. But cases of misleading
higher-order evidence—evidence about what your evidence supports—present a challenge …

Assume that it is your evidence that determines what opinions you should have. I argue that
since you should take peer disagreement seriously, evidence must have two features.(1) It …

Predictable polarization is everywhere: we can often predict how people's opinions,
including our own, will shift over time. Extant theories either neglect the fact that we can …

Higher-order evidence is evidence which bears on a believer's rational capacities, epistemic
performance, or evidential situation. Many epistemologists hold that this kind of evidence …

The thought that some connection must exist between rationality and accuracy is certainly
not a new one. Stewart Cohen notes that:" A variety of philosophers from Descartes to the …