TY - JOUR
T1 - Can the Aim of Belief Ground Epistemic Normativity?
AU - Cote-Bouchard, Charles
PY - 2016/12
Y1 - 2016/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://ccote-bouchard.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/7/6/25760650/cote-bouchard_econstitutivism_revised_draftfinal.pdf
U2 - 10.1007/s11098-016-0657-8
DO - 10.1007/s11098-016-0657-8
M3 - Article
SN - 0031-8116
VL - 173
SP - 3181
EP - 3198
JO - PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
JF - PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
IS - 12
ER -