Allan Hazlett challenges the philosophical assumption of the value of true belief. He critiques the view that true belief is better for us than false belief, and the view that truth is "the aim of belief". An alternative picture is provided, on which the fact that some people love truth is all there is to "the value of true belief".
Allan Hazlett challenges the philosophical assumption of the value of true belief. He critiques the view that true belief is better for us than false belief, and the view that truth is "the aim of belief". An alternative picture is provided, on which the fact that some people love truth is all there is to "the value of true belief".Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Allan Hazlett is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, having taught previously at Texas Tech University and Fordham University. His research has covered several philosophical topics, including scepticism, knowledge attributions, the concept of authenticity, and the nature of fiction. He is the Secretary of the Scots Philosophical Association, and was the recipient of the 2007 Rutgers Young Epistemologist Prize.
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Acknowledgements Prologue 1: Two Ancient Ideas Part I: The Eudaimonic Value of True Belief 2: Greatness of Mind 3: Partiality and Charity 4: True Belief as a Non-Ideal Good Part II: The Epistemic Value of True Belief 5: The Problem of the Source of Epistemic Normativity 6: Humean Approaches 7: Darwinian Approaches 8: Kantian Approaches 9: Anti-Realism about Epistemic Normativity Epilogue Bibliography
Acknowledgements Prologue 1: Two Ancient Ideas Part I: The Eudaimonic Value of True Belief 2: Greatness of Mind 3: Partiality and Charity 4: True Belief as a Non-Ideal Good Part II: The Epistemic Value of True Belief 5: The Problem of the Source of Epistemic Normativity 6: Humean Approaches 7: Darwinian Approaches 8: Kantian Approaches 9: Anti-Realism about Epistemic Normativity Epilogue Bibliography
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