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HomeUpcoming EventsMiriam Schoenfield (MIT): Meditations On Beliefs Formed Arbitrarily
Miriam Schoenfield (MIT): Meditations on Beliefs Formed Arbitrarily

This paper addresses the concern of beliefs formed arbitrarily: for example, religious, political and moral beliefs that we realize we possess because of the social environments we grew up in. The paper uses accuracy-based considerations to motivate a set of criteria for determining when the fact that our beliefs were arbitrarily formed should motivate a revision.

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  • Thu 10 Aug 2017, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

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Coombs Seminar Room A

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Philosophy Departmental Seminars