Personal Information as Symmetry Breaker in Disagreements

Abstract When involved in a disagreement, common reaction is to tell oneself that, given that the information about one's own epistemic standing clearly superior both amount and quality opponent's standing, one justified confidence view correct. In line with this natural some contributors debate on its significance have claimed can stick guns by relying part first-order evidence functioning of cognitive capacities. article, I argue such manoeuvre settle controversies encounters problem disputants make use it, may be wrong current conscious experience, it live possibility many beliefs are product epistemically distorting factors. also even if we grant personal reliable, when comes real-life rather than idealized disagreements, extent unpossessed provides reason for doubting function as symmetry breaker.