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#958 Robin McKenna: Non-Ideal Epistemology

The Dissenter

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Engaging with Challenges to Beliefs and Motivated Reasoning

This chapter explores the importance of engaging with challenges to one's beliefs, drawing from John Stuart Mill's ideas on freedom of expression. It examines how debates can deepen understanding and justify beliefs, but also discusses situations where engaging may not be necessary, such as in well-established debates like Holocaust denial. The chapter delves into the concept of motivated reasoning and its impact on belief formation, challenging the traditional view that beliefs are solely evidence-responsive.

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