The Art of Learning

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Abstract

Confirmational holism is at odds with Jeffrey conditioning — the orthodox Bayesian policy for accommodating uncertain learning experiences. Two of the great insights of holist epistemology are that (i) the effects of experience ought to be mediated by one’s background beliefs, and (ii) the support provided by one’s learning experience can and often is undercut by subsequent learning. Jeffrey conditioning fails to vindicate either of these insights. My aim is to describe and defend a new updating policy that does better. In addition to showing that this new policy is more holism-friendly than Jeffrey conditioning, I will also show that it has an accuracy-centered justification.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOxford Studies in Epistemology
EditorsTamar Szabó Gendler, John Hawthorne
PublisherOxford University Press
Pages71–133
Volume7
ISBN (Print)9780198833314, 9780198833321
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Dec 2022

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