Justifying circumstances and Moore-paradoxical beliefs: A response to Brueckner

• Main Author: WILLIAMS, John N.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Moore; Paradox; Belief; Brueckner; Philosophy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/699; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1698/viewcontent/JustifyingCircumstances_Brueckner_2009.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In 2004, I explained the absurdity of Moore-paradoxical belief via the syllogism (Williams 2004): (1) All circumstances that justify me in believing that p are circumstances that tend to make me believe that p. (2) All circumstances that tend to make me believe that p are circumstances that justify me in believing that I believe that p. (3) All circumstances that justify me in believing that p are circumstances that justify me in believing that I believe that p.