Pragmatic Encroachment in Epistemology

Brian Kim, Matthew McGrath (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

216 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-05182-9 (ISBN)

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According to philosophical lore, epistemological orthodoxy is a purist epistemology in which epistemic concepts such as belief, evidence, and knowledge are characterized to be pure and free from practical concerns. In recent years, the debate has focused narrowly on the concept of knowledge and a number of challenges have been posed against the orthodox, purist view of knowledge. While the debate about knowledge is still a lively one, the pragmatic exploration in epistemology has just begun.

This collection takes on the task of expanding this exploration into new areas. It discusses how the practical might encroach on all areas of our epistemic lives from the way we think about belief, confidence, probability, and evidence to our ideas about epistemic value and excellence. The contributors also delve into the ramifications of pragmatic views in epistemology for questions about the value of knowledge and its practical role. Pragmatic Encroachment in Epistemology will be of interest to a broad range of epistemologists, as well as scholars working on virtue theory and practical reason.

Brian Kim received his PhD from Columbia University and is assistant professor of philosophy at Oklahoma State University. He works on issues at the intersection of epistemology and rational choice theory. Matthew McGrath received his PhD from Brown and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers and Professorial Fellow at Arché, the University of St. Andrews. Within epistemology, he has published on topics including pragmatic encroachment, perceptual and memorial justification. He is the author, with Jeremy Fantl, of　Knowledge in an Uncertain World.

1. Introduction

Brian Kim and Matthew McGrath

2. Great Expectations: Belief and the Case for Pragmatic Encroachment

Dorit Ganson

3. Another Kind of Pragmatic Encroachment

Kate Nolfi

4. Pragmatic Encroachment and Practical Reasons

Anne Baril

5. An Externalist Decision Theory for a Pragmatic Epistemology

Brian Kim

6. Pragmatic Encroachment and Having Reasons

Stewart Cohen

7. Pragmatic Encroachment and Closure

Charity Anderson and John Hawthorne

8. Pragmatic Encroachment on Scientific Knowledge?

Mikkel Gerken

9. Skepticism and Evolution

Angel Pinillos

10. Deliberation and Pragmatic Belief

Brad Armendt

11. Doxastic Wronging

Rima Basu and Mark Schroeder

12. A Note on Knowledge-First Decision Theory and Practical Adequacy

Juan Comesana

Erscheinungsdatum	16.10.2018
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Epistemology
Zusatzinfo	3 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	439 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
ISBN-10	1-138-05182-9 / 1138051829
ISBN-13	978-1-138-05182-9 / 9781138051829
Zustand	Neuware