In Being Rational and Being Right, Juan Comesaña argues for a cluster of theses related to the rationality of action and belief. His starting point is that rational action requires rational belief but tolerates false belief. From there, Comesaña provides a novel account of empirical evidence according to which said evidence consists of the content of undefeated experiences. This view, which Comesaña calls "Experientialism," differs from the two main views of empirical evidence on offer nowadays: Factualism, according to which our evidence is what we know, and Psychologism, according to which our experiences themselves are evidence. He reasons that Experientialism fares better than these rival views in explaining different features of rational belief and action. Comesaña embeds this discussion in a Bayesian framework, and discusses in addition the problem of normative requirements, the easy knowledge problem, and how Experientialism compares to Evidentialism, Reliabilism, and Comesaña's own (now superseded) Evidentialist Reliabilism.
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Juan Comesaña presents a new framework for understanding the rationality of action and belief, which he calls "Experientalism". Arguing that rational action requires rational belief but tolerates false belief, Comesaña provides a novel account of empirical evidence as consisting of the content of undefeated experiences.
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1: Introduction
2: Probability and Decision Theory
3: Objective Bayesianism and Knowledge-First Epistemolog
4: Knowledge-Based Decision Theory
5: Excuses, Would-Be Knowledge, and Rationality-Based Decision Theory
6: Experientialism
7: The Normative Force of Unjustified Beliefs
8: The Problem of Easy Rationality
9: Evidentialism, Reliabilism, Evidentialist Reliabilism?
10: Conclusion
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Addresses an important topic in philosophy: the rationality of action and belief
Offers an authoritative defence of an underrepresented view
Discusses what our evidence is in deciding what to believe and what to do
Makes important connections between practical and theoretical rationality
Surveys the main views in contemporary epistemology
Includes a clear presentation of the mathematics of probability and decision theory
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Juan Comesaña is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. Prior to this, he obtained his PhD from Brown University and then taught at the University of Wisconsin, Madison for six years. He works mainly in epistemology, though he is also interested in metaphysics and metaethics.
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Addresses an important topic in philosophy: the rationality of action and belief
Offers an authoritative defence of an underrepresented view
Discusses what our evidence is in deciding what to believe and what to do
Makes important connections between practical and theoretical rationality
Surveys the main views in contemporary epistemology
Includes a clear presentation of the mathematics of probability and decision theory
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ISBN
9780198847717
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
496 gr
Høyde
232 mm
Bredde
159 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
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Product language
Engelsk
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Antall sider
240
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