Evidentialism, Stubborn Counterevidence and Horrendous Evils

A New Argument for Evidentialism

When we deliberate whether to believe some proposition, we feel immediately compelled to look for evidence of its truth. Philosophers have labelled this feature of doxastic deliberation ‘transparency’. I argue that resolving the disagreement in the ethics of belief between evidentialists and pragmatists turns on the correct explanation of transparency. My hypothesis is that it reflects a concep...

Evils of cost shifting.

Foundational Evidentialism and the Problem of Scatter

a 3 : 2 pp. 89 – 106, 2007 FOUNDATIONAL EVIDENTIALISM AND THE PROBLEM OF SCATTER

Evidence and Counterevidence in Motion Perception.

Sensory neurons gather evidence in favor of the specific stimuli to which they are tuned, but they could improve their sensitivity by also taking counterevidence into account. The Bours-Lankheet model for motion detection uses counterevidence that relies on a specific combination of the ON and OFF channels in the early visual system. Specifically, the model detects pairs of flashes that occur s...

Social evils, poverty & health.

There is a close association between social circumstances and health. In India, there is a significant burden of both communicable and non communicable diseases. Risk factors responsible for these conditions are underweight, unsafe sex, unsafe water, poor sanitation and hygiene, indoor smoke pollution, zinc, iron and vitamin A deficiency, tobacco use, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. ...