Explaining doxastic transparency: aim, norm, or function?

E Sullivan-Bissett - Synthese, 2018 - Springer
I argue that explanations of doxastic transparency which go via an appeal to an aim or norm
of belief are problematic. I offer a new explanation which appeals to a biological function of …

Irrationality and the Failures of Consciousness

P Noordhof - Belief, Imagination, and Delusion, 2024 - books.google.com
One dimension along which it is tempting to characterize some mental disorders is
irrationality. The two ways of understanding the irrationality of delusion in particular are in …

The aim of belief and suspended belief

CJ Atkinson - Philosophical Psychology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, I discuss whether different interpretations of the aim of belief–both the
teleological and normative interpretations–have the resources to explain certain descriptive …

Debunking doxastic transparency

E Sullivan-Bissett - European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 2022 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak In this paper I consider the project of offering an evolutionary debunking
explanation for transparency in doxastic deliberation. I examine Nicole Dular and Nikki …

Belief, Truth, and Biological Function

E Sullivan-Bissett - 2014 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
In this thesis I argue that there is a link between belief and truth, which is indicated by three
features of belief relating to how they are formed. I suggest that these features require an …

Weighing aims in doxastic deliberation

CJ Atkinson - Synthese, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, I defend teleological theories of belief against the exclusivity objection. I argue
that despite the exclusive influence of truth in doxastic deliberation, multiple epistemic aims …

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E Sullivan-Bissett - eujap.uniri.hr
In this paper I consider the project of offering an evolutionary debunking explanation for
transparency in doxastic deliberation. I examine Nicole Dular and Nikki Fortier's (2021) …