A luxury of the understanding : on 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hazlett, Allan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Belief and doubt.
Croyance et doute.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Belief and doubt
Meinung
Wissen
Erkenntnistheorie
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Two Ancient Ideas
  • pt. I The Eudaimonic Value of True Belief
  • 2. Greatness of Mind
  • 3. Partiality and Charity
  • 4. True Belief as a Non-Ideal Good
  • pt. 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.

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