This book collects cutting edge essays on epistemic agency and related topics by distinguished senior contributors to epistemology, as well as rising figures in the field. The assembly of scholars is impressive, as is reflected by the quality and range of their contributions.

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This book collects cutting edge essays on epistemic agency and related topics by distinguished senior contributors to epistemology, as well as rising figures in the field. The assembly of scholars is impressive, as is reflected by the quality and range of their contributions.

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1. Knowledge and Action

Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Human  Agency
ERNEST SOSA  1

Skeptical Challenges and Knowing Action 
STEPHEN HETHERINGTON  18

Fallibilism, Epistemic Possibility, and  Epistemic Agency
BARON REED  40

2. Agency and Responsibility

Rational ‘Ought’ Implies ‘Can’  
RALPH WEDGWOOD  70

Obsessive Thoughts and Inner Voices
LUCY O’BRIEN  93

The Possibility of Epistemic Responsibility
MIGUEL´ANGEL FERNANDEZ 109

Epistemic Responsibility and Doxastic Agency
CONOR MCHUGH  132

Is Epistemic Agency Possible?  
PASCAL ENGEL  158

Epistemic Agency: Some Doubts  
KIERAN SETIYA  179

Can Virtue Epistemology Capitalize on JTB’s Appeal?
E. J. COFFMAN  199

3. Intellectual Virtues

In Defense of Reflection
VALERIE TIBERIUS  223

Intellectual Autonomy
LINDA ZAGZEBSKI  244

A Neo-Stoic Approach to Epistemic Agency
SARAH WRIGHT  262

Why We Cannot Rely On Ourselves for Epistemic Improvement
KRISTOFFER AHLSTROM-VIJ  276

4. Reasoning and Epistemic Norms

Scope for Rational Autonomy
MARK SCHROEDER  297

Why We Reason the Way We Do
NISHI SHAH  311

Cognitive Diversity and Epistemic Norms
JESSICA BROWN  326

Epistemic Commitments, Epistemic Agency and Practical Reasons
MICHAEL P. LYNCH  343

The Rejection of Epistemic Consequentialism
SELIM BERKER  363

What Is an Inference?  
RAM NETA  388

Errata  408

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781118825761
Publisert
2014-01-28
Utgiver
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Vekt
553 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
418

Biografisk notat

Series Editors
Ernest Sosa
is Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, and has published extensively in epistemology, metaphysics, and other areas.

Enrique Villanueva is a member of the Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas at UNAM, and has published in the philosophy of mind.

Guest Editor
Baron Reed
is Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at Northwestern University, and his main areas of interest are epistemology (scepticism) and the history of epistemology.