The Inference to a Conspiracy Theory

Abstract

It is one thing to be skeptical about whether conspiracy theories can ever be the best explanation, but it is another to be skeptical about the existence of conspiracies. Conspiracies happen in the boardroom, in meetings, in deciding who gets selected as a political candidate, and so on. Not only that, but criminal conspiracies are successfully prosecuted through the courts all the time. Conspiracies, it seems, are not altogether rare, and thus a skepticism about the existence of conspiracies seems untenable.