Epistemic Defeat

A Treatment of Defeat as an Independent Phenomenon

Jan Constantin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

X, 287 Seiten

2023
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-126999-3 (ISBN)

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A number of well-developed theories shed light on the question, under what circumstances our beliefs enjoy epistemic justification. Yet, comparatively little is known about epistemic defeat-when new information causes the loss of epistemic justification. This book proposes and defends a detailed account of epistemic defeaters. The main kinds of defeaters are analyzed in detail and integrated into a general framework that aims to explain how beliefs lose justification. It is argued that defeaters introduce incompatibilities into a noetic system and thereby prompt a structured re-evaluation process that makes a justified reinstatement of the defeated belief impossible. The account is then applied to the topic of disagreement, where it is used in an argument for conciliationism, as well as a new explanation for higher-order defeat. Throughout the book, the notion of defeat is the center of attention, while a number of new issues are discussed at the intersections of defeat and justification. Specifically, new problems are raised for broadly internalist accounts of defeat, a fully descriptive reliabilist account of defeat is provided, and the case for normative defeat is revisited.

Jan Constantin, University of Cologne, Cologne.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.04.2023
Reihe/Serie	Epistemic Studies ; 47
Zusatzinfo	2 b/w tbl.
Verlagsort	Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	601 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
Schlagworte	Disagreement • Epistemic defeat • epistemic justification • epistemische Niederlage • epistemische Rechtfertigung • Uneinigkeit
ISBN-10	3-11-126999-X / 311126999X
ISBN-13	978-3-11-126999-3 / 9783111269993
Zustand	Neuware