Rationality and epistemic paradox

Frederick Kroon

pp. 377-408

in: Synthese 94 (3), 1993.

Abstract

This paper provides a new solution to the epistemic paradox of ‘belief-instability’, a problem of rational choice which has recently received considerable attention (versions of the problem have been discussed by — among others — Tyler Burge, Earl Conee, and Roy Sorensen). The problem involves an ideally rational agent who has good reason to believe the truth of something of the form:

Cited authors

Burge Tyler