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Defending Pragmatic Epistemic Instrumentalism: A Pragmatic Account of Epistemic Normativity

Description:

We often criticize people for having beliefs that are not sufficiently supported by the total available evidence. We do this even if those beliefs are instrumental to satisfying their desires. This leads to a question: why should people care about following the evidence, especially when doing so is not instrumental...

Keyword:

pragmatic, rationality, reasons, belief, normativity, and epistemic

Subject:

Ethics and Epistemology

Creator:

Weston, Nathan Michael

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

04/15/2021

Date Created:

2020-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Alternate Identifier:

etdadmin_upload_784126 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15428