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Can Arbitrary Beliefs Be Rational?
Skipper, Mattias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)When a belief has been influenced, in part or whole, by factors that, by the believer’s own lights, do not bear on the truth of the believed proposition, we can say that the belief has been, in a sense, arbitrarily formed. ... -
Good Guesses as Accuracy-Specificity Tradeoffs
Skipper, Mattias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Guessing is a familiar activity, one we engage in when we are uncertain of the answer to a question under discussion. It is also an activity that lends itself to normative evaluation: some guesses are better than others. ... -
Unifying Epistemic and Practical Rationality
Skipper, Mattias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Many theories of rational action are predicated on the idea that what it is rational to do in a given situation depends, in part, on what it is rational to believe in that situation. In short: they treat epistemic rationality ... -
Wise Groups and Humble Persons: The Best of Both Worlds?
Skipper, Mattias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This paper is about a problem that can arise when we try to harness the “wisdom of the crowd” from groups comprised of individuals who exhibit a certain kind of epistemic humility in the way they respond to testimonial ...