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Wimmer, Simon Bastian (2019) Reflections on knowledge and belief. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
This thesis defends egalitarianism about knowledge and belief, on which neither is understood in terms of the other, from what I call the abductive argument. This argument is meant to favour views opposed to egalitarianism: doxasticism, on which knowledge is understood in terms of belief, and epistemicism, on which belief is understood in terms of knowledge. The abductive argument turns on the idea that doxasticism and epistemicism, by contrast with egalitarianism, explain certain data about knowledge and belief, in particular the similarity of their downstream consequences and the entailment from knowledge to belief. I argue, however, that no versions of doxasticism and epistemicism currently on offer are preferable to egalitarianism on abductive grounds. Egalitarianism should thus remain our default view of the relation between knowledge and belief. As part of my argument, I also defend the claim that knowledge, by contrast with belief, is an attitude towards a fact and explore the implications of this claim for doxasticism and epistemicism.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Equality, Belief and doubt, Epistemics, Knowledge, Theory of | ||||
| Official Date: | September 2019 | ||||
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| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
| Theses Department: | Department of Philosophy | ||||
| Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
| Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Longworth, Guy ; Roessler, Johannes | ||||
| Sponsors: | University of Warwick. Centre for Arts Doctoral Research Excellence ; University of Toronto ; Deutscher akademischer Austauschdienst | ||||
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| Extent: | xiii, 185 leaves | ||||
| Language: | eng |
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