Belief, Agency, and Knowledge - Essays on Epistemic Normativity

Belief, Agency, and Knowledge is a study focused on the normative aspects of epistemology. More specifically, it is concerned with the nature of epistemic norms and their relation both to the value of knowledge and to the structure of cognitive agency.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• PART I: DOXASTIC AGENCY


• 2: Beliefs are States not Performances


• 3: Belief Formation Doesn't Exhaust Doxastic Agency


• 4: The Activity of Maintaining Beliefs


• PART II: EPISTEMIC NORMS


• 5: The Aim of Belief and the Goal of Truth


• 6: Doxastic Involuntarism and 'Ought to Believe'


• 7: Social Foundations for Epistemic Normativity


• PART III: EPISTEMIC DISCOURSE


• 8: From Epistemic Contextualism to Epistemic Expressivism


• 9: From Epistemic Expressivism to Epistemic Inferentialism

About the author

Matthew Chrisman is Professor of Ethics and Epistemology at the University of Edinburgh. His research is focused on social-ethical-political theory, epistemology, philosophy of language, and especially the intersections between these. He was elected a member of the Young Academy of Scotland in 2016. He completed his PhD and MA at the University of North Carolina, and his BA at Rice University.

Summary

Belief, Agency, and Knowledge is a study focused on the normative aspects of epistemology. More specifically, it is concerned with the nature of epistemic norms and their relation both to the value of knowledge and to the structure of cognitive agency.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Chrisman, Matthew (Professor of Ethics and Epistem Chrisman, Chrisman Matthew
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9780192898852
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289885-2
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge