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 …

The transparent failure of norms to keep up standards of belief

E Sullivan-Bissett, P Noordhof - Philosophical Studies, 2020 - Springer
We argue that the most plausible characterisation of the norm of truth—it is permissible to
believe that p if and only if p is true—is unable to explain Transparency in doxastic …

We are Like American Robins

E Sullivan-Bissett - Epistemic Duties, 2020 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Many have argued that there are specifically epistemic duties that we have relating to what
we believe. Here I construct and consider arguments for this philosophical dogma. First I …

The pragmatic hypothesis testing theory of self-deception and the belief/acceptance distinction

K Lynch - Philosophy, 2023 - cambridge.org
According to the pragmatic hypothesis testing theory, how much evidence we require before
we believe something varies depending on the expected costs of falsely believing and …

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 …

No epistemic norm or aim needed

MB Ganapini - Episteme, 2022 - cambridge.org
Many agree that one cannot consciously form a belief just because one wants to. And many
also agree this is a puzzling component of our conscious belief-forming processes. I will look …

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 …

Fixing Belief

HCW Sung - 2021 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
This thesis is concerned with self-ascriptive belief. I argue that one's lower-order belief can
be fixed from the reflective level. One reasons about whether p is the case and it is on the …

[HTML][HTML] DEBUNKING DOXASTIC TRANSPARENCY DOWNLOAD PDF

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) …

Une évaluation de l'approche constitutiviste pour fonder l'anti-pragmatisme à propos des raisons de croire

FA Gélineau - 2020 - papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca
Ce mémoire, qui appartient au domaine de l'éthique de la croyance, un champ d'enquête
philosophique situé au confluent de la philosophie de l'esprit, de l'épistémologie et de …