Epistemic Reasons, Norms and Goals

Epistemic Reasons, Norms and Goals
Author: Martin Grajner
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2016-10-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3110496763

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In recent years, questions about epistemic reasons, norms and goals have seen an upsurge of interest. The present volume brings together eighteen essays by established and upcoming philosophers in the field. The contributions are arranged into four sections: (1) epistemic reasons, (2) epistemic norms, (3) epistemic consequentialism and (4) epistemic goals and values. The volume is key reading for researchers interested in epistemic normativity.

Epistemic Reasons, Norms and Goals

Epistemic Reasons, Norms and Goals
Author: Martin Grajner
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2016-10-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3110493632

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In recent years, questions about epistemic reasons, norms and goals have seen an upsurge of interest. The present volume brings together eighteen essays by established and upcoming philosophers in the field. The contributions are arranged into four sections: (1) epistemic reasons, (2) epistemic norms, (3) epistemic consequentialism and (4) epistemic goals and values. The volume is key reading for researchers interested in epistemic normativity.

Normativity

Normativity
Author: Conor McHugh
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2018
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0198758707

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What should I do? What should I think? Traditionally, ethicists tackle the first question, while epistemologists tackle the second. This volume is innovative in drawing together issues from epistemology and ethics and in exploring neglected connections between epistemic and practical normativity.

Reason Without Freedom

Reason Without Freedom
Author: David Owens
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2002-11
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1134593295

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Arguing that the major problems in epistemology have their roots in concerns about our control over our beliefs, David Owen presents a critical discussion of the current trends in contemporary epistemology.

The Aim of Belief

The Aim of Belief
Author: Timothy Hoo Wai Chan
Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2013
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 019967213X

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The Aim of Belief is the first book devoted to the question: 'what is belief?' Eleven newly commissioned essays by leading authors reflect the state of the art and further advance the current debate. The book will be key reading for researchers working on philosophy of mind and action, epistemology, and meta-ethics.

Epistemic Norms

Epistemic Norms
Author: Clayton Littlejohn
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2014-04-17
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0191008893

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Epistemic norms play an increasingly important role in many current debates in epistemology and beyond. Paramount among these are debates about belief, action, and assertion. Three primary questions organize the literature. What epistemic requirements constrain appropriate belief? What epistemic requirements constrain appropriate assertion? What epistemic requirements constrain appropriate action? With the tremendous but disparate growth of the literature on epistemic norms, the time is ripe for a volume bringing together papers by established and emerging figures, with an eye toward the interconnections among our three questions. That is precisely what this volume seeks to do.

Epistemic Consequentialism

Epistemic Consequentialism
Author: Kristoffer Ahlström
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2018
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0198779682

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An important issue in epistemology concerns the source of epistemic normativity. Epistemic consequentialism maintains that epistemic norms are genuine norms in virtue of the way in which they are conducive to epistemic value, whatever epistemic value may be. So, for example, the epistemic consequentialist might say that it is a norm that beliefs should be consistent, in that holding consistent beliefs is the best way to achieve the epistemic value of accuracy. Thus epistemic consequentialism is structurally similar to the family of consequentialist views in ethics. Recently, philosophers from both formal epistemology and traditional epistemology have shown interest in such a view. In formal epistemology, there has been particular interest in thinking of epistemology as a kind of decision theory where instead of maximizing expected utility one maximizes expected epistemic utility. In traditional epistemology, there has been particular interest in various forms of reliabilism about justification and whether such views are analogous to-and so face similar problems to-versions of consequentialism in ethics. This volume presents some of the most recent work on these topics as well as others related to epistemic consequentialism, by authors that are sympathetic to the view and those who are critical of it.

To the Best of Our Knowledge

To the Best of Our Knowledge
Author: Sanford Goldberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2018
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0198793677

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Sandford C. Goldberg puts forward a theory of epistemic normativity that is grounded in the things we properly expect of one another as epistemic subjects. This theory has far-reaching implications not only for the theory of epistemic normativity, but also for the nature of epistemic assessment itself.

The Norm of Belief

The Norm of Belief
Author: John Gibbons
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0191654361

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John Gibbons presents an original account of epistemic normativity. Belief seems to come with a built-in set of standards or norms. One task is to say where these standards come from. But the more basic task is to say what those standards are. In some sense, beliefs are supposed to be true. Perhaps they're supposed to constitute knowledge. And in some sense, they really ought to be reasonable. Which, if any of these is the fundamental norm of belief? The Norm of Belief argues against the teleological or instrumentalist conception of rationality that sees being reasonable as a means to our more objective aims, either knowledge or truth. And it tries to explain both the norms of knowledge and of truth in terms of the fundamental norm, the one that tells you to be reasonable. But the importance of being reasonable is not explained in terms of what it will get you, or what you think it will get you, or what it would get you if only things were different. The requirement to be reasonable comes from the very idea of what a genuine requirement is. That is where the built-in standards governing belief come from, and that is what they are.

Contemporary Debates in Epistemology

Contemporary Debates in Epistemology
Author: Blake Roeber
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2024-02-26
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 111975545X

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The perfect introduction to contemporary epistemology, completely overhauled for its third edition In Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, pairs of specially commissioned essays defend opposing views on some of today’s most compelling epistemological issues and problems. Offering a unique blend of accessibility and originality, this timely volume brings together fresh debates on hotly contested issues to provide readers with the opportunity to engage in comparative analysis of constantly changing and developing epistemological concepts. Now in its third edition, Contemporary Debates in Epistemology features up-to-date coverage of the latest developments in the field. Entirely new essays examine questions of epistemic normativity and knowledge, the relationship between belief and credence, the possibility of internalist epistemology, epistemic instrumentalism, norms of assertion, the use of thought experiments in epistemology, and more. Presents a rigorous yet accessible introduction to the major topics in contemporary epistemology Contains head-to-head chapters offering forceful advocacy of opposing philosophical stances Focuses on core areas of epistemology Uses a lively debate format that sharply defines the issues and encourages further discussion All-new chapters provide fully updated coverage of new and emerging topics in epistemology Part of the Wiley-Blackwell Contemporary Debates in Philosophy series, Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, Third Edition, remains an essential resource for advanced undergraduate philosophy majors, graduate students in philosophy, and epistemologists who want to keep current with contemporary epistemological debates.