Being Rational and Being Right is a fantastic book, very well argued, and extremely rich

Mona Simion, Mind

Comesaña's defense of Experientialism is rich and provocative, and worthy of detailed study.

John Hawthorne, Philosophical Studies

Being Rational and Being Right ... is a tour de force defense of a simple truth that has become altogether too mysterious to philosophers, and it defends it without falling into any of the central traps into which its opponents so commonly associate this truth's defenders

Mark Schroeder, Philosophical Studies

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 forms of evidentialism and 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 Epistemology 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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Juan Comesaña is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has taught at the University of Wisconsin and at the University of Arizona and is the co-author of Skepticism: The Basics (Routledge, 2022). 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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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198878711
Publisert
2023
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
354 gr
Høyde
233 mm
Bredde
153 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240

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Biografisk notat

Juan Comesaña is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has taught at the University of Wisconsin and at the University of Arizona and is the co-author of Skepticism: The Basics (Routledge, 2022). He works mainly in epistemology, though he is also interested in metaphysics and metaethics.