Remarks on Ángel Pinillos’s Why We Doubt

In these brief remarks, I describe the author’s Bayesian explication of the narrow function of the meta-cognitive, heuristic algorithm (pbs) that is at the heart of his psychological explanation of why we entertain skeptical doubts. I provide some critical remarks, and an alternative Bayesian approa...

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Main Author: Fitelson, Branden (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2024
In: International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2024, Volume: 14, Issue: 4, Pages: 274-281
Further subjects:B Heuristics
B Bayesianism
B Skepticism
B Doubt
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