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This is Part 4 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
This is Part 3 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
This is Part 2 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
This is Part 1 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In this series...
[Revised entry by Nancy Frankenberry and Mary-Jane Rubenstein on June 16, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Philosophical reflection on...
I’d like to propose a thought experiment. Suppose the sciences of biology and medicine advanced to the stage where it...
[Revised entry by Michael Ridge on June 14, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] There may be as much philosophical...
[Revised entry by Robert Koons on June 13, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, suppl7.html] Reasoning is defeasible when the...
