Why are female intellectuals crazy?
I have a speculative model of sex differences among people with extreme beliefs. Here I just mean extreme in the sense of statistically uncommon, say, being a full-blown libertarian, HBD…
Beliefs as secondary truth bearers in a pluralistic proposition theory
It is common to speak of true beliefs. As an example think of the JTB analyses of knowledge. JTB, that is, justified true belief. One could see “true belief” as…
Re: Beliefs and probabilities 2
Opening post. More objections and thoughts. The infinite objection I discovered another objection to the thesis. Infinite regress. The most defendable version of the thesis is (T4) S believes that…
Re: Beliefs and probabilities 1
Opening post. My response: I think some clarification is in order. The thesis in question is this: (T1) If S believes that p, then S believes that the probability of…
Worldviews and mistaken beliefs, a paradox
Here's a little paradox that I've come across while thinking. It's about worldviews and knowing that at least one thing I currently believe to be true is actually false. The…