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Comment author: gjm 05 August 2014 10:21:51AM 0 points [-]

Related link: Peter van Inwagen's article Is it wrong everywhere, always, and for everyone, to believe anything on insufficient evidence?. van Inwagen suggests not, on the grounds that if it were then no philosopher could ever continue believing something firmly when there are other smarter equally well informed philosophers who strongly disagree. I find this argument less compelling than van Inwagen does.

Comment author: Benito 08 August 2014 12:34:00PM 0 points [-]

Haha. You should believe exactly what the evidence suggests, and exactly to the degree that it suggests it. The argument is also an amusing example of 'one man's modus ponens...'.