Can the Aim of Belief Ground Epistemic Normativity?

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Abstract

For many epistemologists and normativity theorists, epistemic norms necessarily entail normative reasons. Why or in virtue of what do epistemic norms have this necessary normative authority? According to what I call epistemic constitutivism, it is ultimately because belief constitutively aims at truth. In this paper, I examine various versions of the aim of belief thesis and argue that none of them can plausibly ground the normative authority of epistemic norms. I conclude that epistemic constitutivism is not a promising strategy for grounding epistemic normativity.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3181–3198
JournalPHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
Volume173
Issue number12
Early online date14 Mar 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2016

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