id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_4esklt43n5cmhgt4xal7xykr4e John L. Pollock The Paradox of the Preface 1986 13 .pdf application/pdf 5557 657 76 There are two kinds of defeaters for prima facie reasons. As with any prima facie reason, it can be defeated by about c that lower the probability, that defeats the prima facie reason: equally good prima facie reasons for believing each member of a set of conclusions, and no defeaters for any of these prima facie reasons. suppose the set of conclusions is a minimal set inconsistent with propositions we are independently warranted in believing. The conclusions are "collectively defeated." Applying this to the lottery, (Al) provides us with equally good prima facie prima facie reasons is defeated in any other way, then none of Therefore, by (Al), we have a prima facie reason for believing for any of the prima facie reasons involved in the collective defeat other an undercutting defeater for A as a prima facie reason for B: (UD) If we are warranted in believing F, A is a prima facie reason ./cache/work_4esklt43n5cmhgt4xal7xykr4e.pdf ./txt/work_4esklt43n5cmhgt4xal7xykr4e.txt