Phenomenal Conservatism, Reflection and Self-Defeat

Logos and Episteme 7 (2): 187-199 (2016)
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Huemer defends phenomenal conservatism (PC) and also the further claim that belief in any rival theory is self-defeating (SD). Here I construct a dilemma for his position: either PC and SD are incompatible, or belief in PC is itself self-defeating. I take these considerations to suggest a better self-defeat argument for (belief in) PC and a strong form of internalism.

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Phenomenal Conservatism and the Internalist Intuition.Michael Huemer - 2006 - American Philosophical Quarterly 43 (2):147-158.
Phenomenal Conservatism and Self‐Defeat.Michael Depaul - 2008 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 78 (1):205-212.

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