Epistemic Consequentialism
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. Thusepistemic consequentialism is structurally similar to the family of consequentialist views in ethics. Recently, philosophers from both formal epistemology and traditional epistemolo…
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Weitere Autoren: Dunn, Jeffrey (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-108526-0
- EAN: 9780191085260
- Produktnummer: 29379645
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 4'012 KB
Über den Autor
Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij is reader in philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London. His research focuses on epistemic normativity and social epistemology, and has appeared in, among other places, Noûs, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Episteme, Philosophical Quarterly, and Philosophical Studies.Jeffrey Dunn is an associate professor of philosophy at DePauw University. His research focuses on topics in formal and traditional epistemology as well as philosophy of science. His research has appeared in places such as Philosophical Studies, Philosophical Quarterly, Episteme, and the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
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