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Reasons for Belief
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 285

Reasons for Belief

Philosophers have long been concerned about what we know and how we know it. Increasingly, however, a related question has gained prominence in philosophical discussion: what should we believe and why? This volume brings together twelve new essays that address different aspects of this question. The essays examine foundational questions about reasons for belief, and use new research on reasons for belief to address traditional epistemological concerns such as knowledge, justification and perceptually acquired beliefs. This book will be of interest to philosophers working on epistemology, theoretical reason, rationality, perception and ethics. It will also be of interest to cognitive scientists and psychologists who wish to gain deeper insight into normative questions about belief and knowledge.

Higher-Order Evidence
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 336

Higher-Order Evidence

We often have reason to doubt our own ability to form rational beliefs, or to doubt that some particular belief of ours is rational. Perhaps we learn that a trusted friend disagrees with us about what our shared evidence supports. Or perhaps we learn that our beliefs have been afflicted by motivated reasoning or by other cognitive biases. These are examples of higher-order evidence. While it may seem plausible that higher-order evidence should somehow impact our beliefs, it is less clear how and why. Normally, when evidence impacts our beliefs, it does so by virtue of speaking for or against the truth of theirs contents. But higher-order evidence does not directly concern the contents of the...

Metaphysics
  • Language: en

Metaphysics

A collection of short interviews based on 5 questions presented to some of the most influential and prominent philosophers in the field.

Art and Belief
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 267

Art and Belief

  • Categories: Art

Art and Belief presents new work at the intersection of philosophy of mind and philosophy of art. Topics include the cognitive contributions artworks can make, the phenomenon of fictional persuasion, and the nature of aesthetic testimony, and the relation between belief and truth in our experience of art.

Normativity
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 295

Normativity

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.

Justification and the Truth-Connection
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 279

Justification and the Truth-Connection

Presents and defends a bold new approach to the ethics of belief and to resolving the internalism-externalism debate in epistemology.

The Aim of Belief
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 257

The Aim of Belief

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.

Doxastic Normativity
  • Language: en

Doxastic Normativity

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Theory and Applications of Ontology: Philosophical Perspectives
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 422

Theory and Applications of Ontology: Philosophical Perspectives

Ontology was once understood to be the philosophical inquiry into the structure of reality: the analysis and categorization of ‘what there is’. Recently, however, a field called ‘ontology’ has become part of the rapidly growing research industry in information technology. The two fields have more in common than just their name. Theory and Applications of Ontology is a two-volume anthology that aims to further an informed discussion about the relationship between ontology in philosophy and ontology in information technology. It fills an important lacuna in cutting-edge research on ontology in both fields, supplying stage-setting overview articles on history and method, presenting dire...

Epistemic Norms
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 271

Epistemic Norms

Epistemic norms play an increasingly important role in current debates in epistemology and beyond. In this volume a team of established and emerging scholars presents new work on the key debates. They consider what epistemic requirements constrain appropriate belief, assertion, and action, and explore the interconnections between these standards.