Does reflective equilibrium help us converge?
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PubMed ID
38026116
Description
I address the worry that reflective equilibrium is too weak as an account of justification because it fails to let differing views converge. I take up informal aspects of convergence and operationalise them in a formal model of reflective equilibrium. This allows for exploration by the means of computer simulation. Findings show that the formal model does not yield unique outputs, but still boosts agreement. I conclude from this that reflective equilibrium is best seen as a pluralist account of justification that cannot be accused of resulting in an "anything goes" relativism.
Date of Publication
2023
Publication Type
Article
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Keyword(s)
Convergence Formal modelling Reflective equilibrium Simulation study
Language(s)
en
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Series
Synthese
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
ISSN
0039-7857
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open.access