Agnosticism-Involving Doxastic Inconsistency
- Resource Type
- Original Paper
- Authors
- Archer, Avery
- Source
- Erkenntnis: An International Journal of Scientific Philosophy. :1-18
- Subject
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0165-0106
1572-8420
I argue that Sui-Generis Views are preferrable to Non-Belief and Higher-Order Belief Views because of the three dominant contemporary conceptions of agnosticism, only Sui-Generis Views leave room for the possibility of agnosticism-involving doxastic inconsistency. In order to establish that this constitutes a point in favour of Sui-Generis Views, this paper offers a sustained argument in support of the thesis that doxastic inconsistency consistency involving (dis)believing P and agnosticism towards P is possible. The paper concludes by responding to Thomas Raleigh’s argument against the possibility of agnosticism-involving doxastic inconsistency.