(Almost) all evidence is higher-order evidence

Analysis 82 (3):417-425 (2022)
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Abstract

Higher-order evidence is evidence about what is rational to think in light of your evidence. Many have argued that it is special – falling into its own evidential category, or leading to deviations from standard rational norms. But it is not. Given standard assumptions, almost all evidence is higher-order evidence.

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Brian Hedden
Australian National University
Kevin Dorst
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Disagreement and Higher-Order Evidence.Yan Chen & Alex Worsnip - forthcoming - In Maria Baghramian, J. Adam Carter & Rach Cosker-Rowland (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Disagreement. Routledge.

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