Hazlett Allan
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199674800
- eISBN:
- 9780191761164
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199674800.003.0009
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Metaphysics/Epistemology
“Anti-realism” about epistemic normativity is articulated and defended against objections. First, a socio-epistemological vindication of the practice of epistemic evaluation is advanced. Second, ...
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“Anti-realism” about epistemic normativity is articulated and defended against objections. First, a socio-epistemological vindication of the practice of epistemic evaluation is advanced. Second, three accounts of the semantics of epistemic evaluation (error theory, expressivism, and “convention-relativism”) are sympathetically discussed. Epistemic evaluation is favorably compared to evaluation relative to the rules of a club and to rules of etiquette. Finally, a definition of “epistemic” is provided, and “pluralism about doxastic evaluation” is proposed.Less
“Anti-realism” about epistemic normativity is articulated and defended against objections. First, a socio-epistemological vindication of the practice of epistemic evaluation is advanced. Second, three accounts of the semantics of epistemic evaluation (error theory, expressivism, and “convention-relativism”) are sympathetically discussed. Epistemic evaluation is favorably compared to evaluation relative to the rules of a club and to rules of etiquette. Finally, a definition of “epistemic” is provided, and “pluralism about doxastic evaluation” is proposed.
