On the Epistemic Bilking Argument

Thought: A Journal of Philosophy 4 (3):139-140 (2015)
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Abstract

The standard bilking argument is well-known and attempts to prove the impossibility of backwards causation. In this discussion note, I identify an epistemic bilking argument, which has not received sufficient attention in the literature, and indicate how best to respond to it. This response involves a parity argument based on a forwards causation case

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