Epistemic commitments, epistemic agency and practical reasons

Philosophical Issues 23 (1):343-362 (2013)
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In this paper, I raise two questions about epistemic commitments, and thus, indirectly, about our epistemic agency. Can we rationally defend such commitments when challenged to do so? And if so, how?

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