The aim of belief
Philosophical Perspectives 16 (s16):267-97 (2002)
| Abstract | It is often said, metaphorically, that belief "aims" at the truth. This paper proposes a normative interpretation of this metaphor. First, the notion of "epistemic norms" is clarified, and reasons are given for the view that epistemic norms articulate essential features of the beliefs that are subject to them. Then it is argued that all epistemic norms--including those that specify when beliefs count as rational, and when they count as knowledge--are explained by a fundamental norm of correct belief, which requires that, if one considers a proposition at all, one should believe it if and only if it is true | |||||||||
| Keywords | Aim Belief Knowledge Norm Rational Truth | |||||||||
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