Believing Against the Evidence

Agency and the Ethics of Belief

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Pragmatism, Epistemology
Cover of the book Believing Against the Evidence by Miriam Schleifer McCormick, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Miriam Schleifer McCormick ISBN: 9781136682759
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: October 30, 2014
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Miriam Schleifer McCormick
ISBN: 9781136682759
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: October 30, 2014
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

The question of whether it is ever permissible to believe on insufficient evidence has once again become a live question. Greater attention is now being paid to practical dimensions of belief, namely issues related to epistemic virtue, doxastic responsibility, and voluntarism.

In this book, McCormick argues that the standards used to evaluate beliefs are not isolated from other evaluative domains. The ultimate criteria for assessing beliefs are the same as those for assessing action because beliefs and actions are both products of agency. Two important implications of this thesis, both of which deviate from the dominant view in contemporary philosophy, are 1) it can be permissible (and possible) to believe for non-evidential reasons, and 2) we have a robust control over many of our beliefs, a control sufficient to ground attributions of responsibility for belief.

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The question of whether it is ever permissible to believe on insufficient evidence has once again become a live question. Greater attention is now being paid to practical dimensions of belief, namely issues related to epistemic virtue, doxastic responsibility, and voluntarism.

In this book, McCormick argues that the standards used to evaluate beliefs are not isolated from other evaluative domains. The ultimate criteria for assessing beliefs are the same as those for assessing action because beliefs and actions are both products of agency. Two important implications of this thesis, both of which deviate from the dominant view in contemporary philosophy, are 1) it can be permissible (and possible) to believe for non-evidential reasons, and 2) we have a robust control over many of our beliefs, a control sufficient to ground attributions of responsibility for belief.

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