176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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The aim of this book is to answer two important questions about the issue of normativity in epistemology: Why are epistemic reasons evidential and what makes epistemic reasons and rationality normative? Bondy's argument proceeds on the assumption that epistemic rationality goes hand in hand with basing beliefs on good evidence. The opening chapters defend a mental-state ontology of reasons, a... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Kinds of Reasons
3. Being Guided by Reasons
4. Epistemic Deontologism and Strong Doxastic Voluntarism
5. The Instrumental Conception of Epistemic Rationality
6. Two Problems for the Instrumental Conception of Epistemic Rationality
7. The Instrumental Normativity of Epistemic Rationality
Biography
Patrick Bondy is Assistant Professor at Wichita State University, USA. He has previously held appointments at Trent University, Brandon University, Saint Mary's University, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University. His research has appeared in Dialogue, Synthese, American Philosophical Quarterly, and Pacific Philosophical Quarterly.
