Epistemicism, paradox, and conditional obligation
Philosophical Studies 172 (8):2123-2139 (2015)
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Stewart Shapiro has objected to the epistemicist theory of vagueness on grounds that it gives counterintuitive predictions about cases involving conditional obligation. This paper details a response on the epistemicist’s behalf. I first argue that Shapiro’s own presentation of the objection is unsuccessful as an argument against epistemicism. I then reconstruct and offer two alternative arguments inspired by Shapiro’s considerations, and argue that these fail too, given the information-sensitive nature of conditional obligations
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Keywords | Vagueness Epistemicism Conditional obligation Free choice permission Miners Paradox |
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DOI | 10.1007/s11098-014-0401-1 |
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Vagueness in Context. [REVIEW]Stewart Shapiro - 2008 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 76 (2):471-483.
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