Counterfactual Philosophers

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 88 (2):368-387 (2014)
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I argue that reflection on philosophers who could have been working among us but aren’t can lead us to give up our philosophical beliefs.

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Thought.Gilbert Harman - 1973 - Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton University Press.
Epistemology of disagreement: The good news.David Christensen - 2007 - Philosophical Review 116 (2):187-217.
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