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Disagreement is fundamentally linked to evidence because it can function as a source of information that alters an individual's body of evidence [1], and it serves as a basis for evaluating epistemic peerhood [2]. Furthermore, the occurrence of disagreement often prompts a search for new evidence [3] and is explicitly theorized as a form of evidence in epistemological discourse [4].
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Social Epistemology – Introduction to Philosophy - Rebus Press press.rebus.community 2 facts
claimPeer review is valuable because it allows individuals to identify others who are at least as likely to be correct, and if disagreement occurs, it prompts a decrease in confidence and a search for new evidence.
claimDisagreement functions as evidence about the world by providing information about the beliefs held by other people, which alters an individual's own body of evidence.
Social Epistemology - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu 1 fact
claimSome critics argue that the conditions for epistemic peerhood are so stringent that they are rarely met, and the mere fact of disagreement may serve as evidence that the other person is not an epistemic peer.
Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimDavid Christensen argued that disagreement can serve as evidence in his 2009 paper 'Disagreement as Evidence: The Epistemology of Controversy'.