Kürthy, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-7940-845X, Bex-Priestley, G. orcid.org/0000-0001-7731-5535 and Shemmer, Y. orcid.org/0000-0001-5842-8470 (2025) It’s common sense – you don’t need to believe to disagree! Philosophical Psychology, 38 (2). pp. 695-717. ISSN: 0951-5089
Abstract
It is often assumed that disagreement only occurs when there is a clash (e.g., inconsistency) between beliefs. In the philosophical literature, this “narrow” view has sometimes been considered the obvious, intuitively correct view. In this paper, we argue that it should not be. We have conducted two preregistered studies gauging English speakers’ intuitions about whether there is disagreement in a case where the parties have non-clashing beliefs and clashing intentions. Our results suggest that common intuitions tell against the default view. Ordinary speakers describe clashes of intentions as disagreements, suggesting that the ordinary concept of disagreement is “wide” in that it extends beyond beliefs.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
Keywords: | Disagreement; metaethics; experimental metaethics; experimental philosophy; intention; belief |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Sep 2025 14:42 |
Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2025 14:42 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis Group |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09515089.2023.2201301 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:231933 |
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