Political Epistemology, Rationality, and Externalism about Bias

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Externalism about Bias is the thesis that a person's biases do not supervene on their internal states and the causal relations among those states. This paper defends Externalism about Bias and explores some of its implications.

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original Kelly, Thomas (2025) "Political Epistemology, Rationality, and Externalism About Bias". Philosophical Issues 35(1):93-104

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