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A luxury of the understanding : on the value of true belief / Allan Hazlett.

EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online

EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)

Oxford Scholarship Online: Philosophy Available online

Oxford Scholarship Online: Philosophy
Format:
Author/Creator:
Language:
English
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (317 p.)
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
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'.
Contents:
  • ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""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""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""
  • ""R""""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Notes:
  • Description based upon print version of record.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 10, 2013).
  • Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
  • 0-19-176116-8
  • 0-19-166246-1
OCLC:
864552046

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