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The Possibility Bias is not JustifiedJournal of the American Philosophical Association. forthcoming.Necessity, but not possibility, is typically thought to be rare and suspicion-worthy. This manifests in an asymmetry in the burden of proof incurred by modal claims. In general, claims to the effect that some proposition is impossible/necessary require significant argumentative support and, in general, claims to the effect that some proposition is possible/contingent are thought to be justified freely or by default. Call this the possibility bias. In this paper, I argue that the possibility bias…Read more
Andrea Raimondi
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
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Thapar Institute of Engineering and TechnologyAssistant Professor
Nottingham University
PhD, 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Specialization
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Metaphysics |
General Philosophy of Science |
Metaontology |
Causation |
Modality |
Properties |
Laws of Nature |