Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology
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Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology

The Case for Science Without Norms

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Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology

The Case for Science Without Norms

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In the field of epistemology, naturalism holds that there are no a priori norms for guiding our belief-formation: we must start our inquiries in situ, assuming some beliefs and the general reliability of our basic cognitive practices to justify others. Naturalized epistemology seeks to motivate norms for cognitive enquiry on such a naturalistic basis. The author argues that, whilst naturalism must be embraced, this more abmitious project is in vain: to the extent one can justify naturalistic norms, they are not needed for optimal rational belief-formation.

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Year
2003
ISBN
9780230511262

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 Traditional Epistemology and Naturalism
  6. 2 Naturalised Epistemology
  7. 3 Anti-psychologism
  8. 4 Anti-foundationalism
  9. 5 Psychologistic Naturalised Epistemology
  10. Conclusion: Science without Norms
  11. Notes
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index