The Normative Error Theorist Cannot Avoid Self-Defeat

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 98 (1):92-104 (2020)
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Many philosophers have noted that normative error theorists appear to be committed to saying ‘Error theory is true, but I have no reason to believe it’, which seems paradoxical. In defence of error...

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