Abstract
According to the doctrine of infallibility, one is permitted to believe p if one knows that necessarily, one would be right if one believed that p. This plausible principle-made famous in Descartes cogito-is false. There are some self-fulfilling, higher-order propositions one can t be wrong about but shouldn t believe anyway: believing them would immediately make one s overall doxastic state worse.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 758-779 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Philosophical Quarterly |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1 2021 |
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Keywords
- cogito
- defeat
- higher-order beliefs
- infallibility
- self-fulfilling beliefs
- veritism
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy