Synthese 188 (2):231-246 (2012)
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Chalmers and Hájek argue that on an epistemic reading of Ramsey’s test for the rational acceptability of conditionals, it is faulty. They claim that applying the test to each of a certain pair of conditionals requires one to think that one is omniscient or infallible, unless one forms irrational Moore-paradoxical beliefs. I show that this claim is false. The epistemic Ramsey test is indeed faulty. Applying it requires that one think of anyone as all-believing and if one is rational, to think of anyone as infallible-if-rational. But this is not because of Moore-paradoxical beliefs. Rather it is because applying the test requires a certain supposition about conscious belief. It is important to understand the nature of this supposition
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Keywords | Ramsey Ramsey test Moore Chalmers Hájek Conditionals Paradox Belief Conscious belief Infallibility Omniscience |
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DOI | 10.1007/s11229-011-9925-5 |
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