The famous example of a philosopher changing his mind is Frank Jackson with his Mary’s Room argument. However, that’s pretty much the exception which proves the rule.
Jackson is the first example I thought of. As I understand it, he came to be convinced, particularly by the arguments of David Lewis, that rejecting physicalism made it harder, rather than easier, to explain what was going on. But calling it “the exception that proves the rule” seems lazy and unhelpful, especially in light of other examples people have mentioned here.
The famous example of a philosopher changing his mind is Frank Jackson with his Mary’s Room argument. However, that’s pretty much the exception which proves the rule.
Jackson is the first example I thought of. As I understand it, he came to be convinced, particularly by the arguments of David Lewis, that rejecting physicalism made it harder, rather than easier, to explain what was going on. But calling it “the exception that proves the rule” seems lazy and unhelpful, especially in light of other examples people have mentioned here.