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Thomas Kelly

Disciplines:
epistemology

Summary

American epistemologist who has contributed to debates about epistemic peer disagreement and the nature of evidence.

Core Contribution

Total evidence view on peer disagreement: when you disagree with an epistemic peer, you should weigh their opinion as additional evidence — but what weight depends on your total evidence including your first-order reasons. Argued against conciliationism's requirement to always split the difference.

Notable Works & Achievements

The Epistemic Significance of Disagreement

Peer Disagreement and Higher-Order Evidence

Historical Influences

David Christensen Roger White

Intellectual Lineage

Analytic Epistemology

Contemporaries & Peers

David Christensen Adam Elga

Minds Influenced

No recorded minds influenced.

Intellectual Posterity

Peer Disagreement

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