Responsible Belief: A Theory in Ethics and Epistemology

New York, NY: Oxford University Press USA (2016)
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This book develops and defends a theory of responsible belief. The author argues that we lack control over our beliefs, but that we can nonetheless influence them. It is because we have intellectual obligations to influence our beliefs that we are responsible for them.

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BD215.P44 2017

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9780190608118   0190608110   9780190608132
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