The central question in the debate is whether there are norms of some sort governing our habits of belief-formation, belief-maintenance, and belief-relinquishment. Is it ever or always …
Any attempt to help us reason in more accurate ways faces a problem: While we acknowledge that others stand to benefit from intellectual advice, each and every one of us …
A Falbo - Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Much of the recent work on epistemology of inquiry defends two related theses. First, inquiry into a question rationally prohibits believing an answer to that question. Second, knowledge …
What is the relationship between inquiry and epistemology? Are epistemic norms the norms that guide us as inquirers—as agents in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding …
Space exploration, especially the recent push for the commercialization and militarization of space, is attracting increased attention not only from the wider public and the private sector …
K Ahlstrom‐Vij - Philosophical Issues, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
There is something very appealing about the idea that we are epistemic agents. One reason— if not the main reason—is that, while we are undoubtedly fallible creatures, us being …
C Ranalli - Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Mind, 2021 - books.google.com
All men [sic] by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves; and above all …
K Khalifa, J Millson - Knowledge from a human point of view, 2020 - library.oapen.org
Many epistemologists endorse true-belief monism, the thesis that only true beliefs are of fundamental epistemic value. However, this view faces formidable counterexamples. In …
Deontological evidentialism (DE) is the claim that we ought to form and maintain our beliefs in accordance with our evidence. In this paper, I criticize two arguments in its defense. I …