What is Deep Disagreement?

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Abstract

What is the nature of deep disagreement? In this paper, I consider two similar albeit seemingly rival answers to this question: the Wittgensteinian theory, according to which deep disagreements are disagreements over hinge propositions, and the fundamental epistemic principle theory, according to which deep disagreements are disagreements over fundamental epistemic principles. I assess these theories against a set of desiderata for a satisfactory theory of deep disagreement, and argue that while the fundamental epistemic principle theory does better than the Wittgensteinian theory on this score, the fundamental epistemic principle theory nevertheless struggles to explain the variety of deep disagreement.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)983-998
Number of pages16
JournalTopoi
Volume1
Issue number3
Early online date29 Oct 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Funding

Research for this paper was supported through a Vidi grant (276-20-024) from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

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Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

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