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Reasons for belief / edited By Andrew Reisner and Asbjorn Steglich-Petersen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Cambridge university press, 2015.Description: ix, 273 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781107540484
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 121.6 REI
Contents:
How to be a teleologist about epistemic reasons / Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen Is there reason to be theoretically rational? / Andrew Reisner Epistemic motivation: towards a metaethics of belief / Veli Mitova Error theory and reasons for belief / Jonas Olson Can reasons for belief be debunked? / Nishi Shah Reasons and belief's justification / Clayton Littlejohn Perception, generality, and reasons / Hannah Ginsborg Immediate warrant, epistemic responsibility, and Moorean dogmatism / Adam Leite Primitively rational belief-forming processes / Ralph Wedgwood What does it take to "have" a reason? / Mark Schroeder Knowledge and reasons for belief / Alan Millar What is the swamping problem? / Duncan Pritchard
Summary: This collection of essays tackles fundamental questions regarding the reasons for belief and uses new research to examine traditional epistemological issues such as knowledge, justification, and beliefs acquired through perception. It will appeal to philosophers engaged in epistemology, theoretical reason, rationality, perception, and ethics.
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Reference Reference Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor 121.6 REI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 334357

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How to be a teleologist about epistemic reasons / Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen
Is there reason to be theoretically rational? / Andrew Reisner
Epistemic motivation: towards a metaethics of belief / Veli Mitova
Error theory and reasons for belief / Jonas Olson
Can reasons for belief be debunked? / Nishi Shah
Reasons and belief's justification / Clayton Littlejohn
Perception, generality, and reasons / Hannah Ginsborg
Immediate warrant, epistemic responsibility, and Moorean dogmatism / Adam Leite
Primitively rational belief-forming processes / Ralph Wedgwood
What does it take to "have" a reason? / Mark Schroeder
Knowledge and reasons for belief / Alan Millar
What is the swamping problem? / Duncan Pritchard

This collection of essays tackles fundamental questions regarding the reasons for belief and uses new research to examine traditional epistemological issues such as knowledge, justification, and beliefs acquired through perception. It will appeal to philosophers engaged in epistemology, theoretical reason, rationality, perception, and ethics.

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