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THE POST-EPISTEMOLOGICAL INQUIRY AND THE ULTIMATE FATE OF PHILOSOPHY. A CRITICAL DISCUSSION (pages 409-437)

Mohammadreza ESMKHANI ABSTRACT: This essay examines the different fates of philosophy in Bloor’s and Rorty’s post-epistemological inquiries, tracing their sharp disagreement to their distinct conceptions of ‘naturalism’ and ‘language.’ To this end, the first section outlines their main reasons for overcoming the epistemologically-centered philosophy, as well as their reassessments of key concepts such as objectivity. The second section draws a …

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Self-Favoring Theories and the Bias Argument (pages 199-213)

Bálint BÉKEFI ABSTRACT: In a recent article, Bernáth and Tőzsér (2021) defend what they call the Bias Argument, a new skeptical argument from expert peer disagreement. They argue that the best contrastive causal explanation for disagreement among leading experts in philosophy is that they adopt their positions in a biased way. But if the leading experts are biased, non-experts either …

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