Responsible belief : a theory in ethics and epistemology / Rik Peels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peels, Rik, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Belief and doubt.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 272 pages)

Other Title:

Theory in ethics and epistemology

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

Summary:

This work develops and defends a theory of responsible belief. The author argues that we lack control over our beliefs, but that we can nonetheless influence them. It is because we have intellectual obligations to influence our beliefs that we are responsible for them.

Contents:

Why responsible belief matters

Doxastic responsibility: what is it?

The problem: doxastic control and doxastic obligations

The solution: doxastic influence

Responsible belief entails the ability to believe otherwise

Responsible belief is radically subjective

Responsible belief is compatible.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780190608125

0-19-060813-7

0-19-060812-9