Epistemic norms on evidence-gathering

C Flores, E Woodard - Philosophical Studies, 2023 - Springer
In this paper, we argue that there are epistemic norms on evidence-gathering and consider
consequences for how to understand epistemic normativity. Though the view that there are …

Epistemic practices: A unified account of epistemic and zetetic normativity

W Fleisher - Noûs, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents the epistemic practices account, a theory about the nature of epistemic
normativity. The account aims to explain how the pursuit of epistemic values such as truth …

Should epistemology take the zetetic turn?

A Falbo - Philosophical Studies, 2023 - Springer
What is the relationship between inquiry and epistemology? Are epistemic norms the norms
that guide us as inquirers—as agents in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding …

Inquiry beyond knowledge

B Beddor - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Why engage in inquiry? According to many philosophers, the goal of inquiring into some
question is to come to know its answer. While this view holds considerable appeal, this …

Intellectual courage and inquisitive reasons

W Fleisher - Philosophical Studies, 2023 - Springer
Intellectual courage requires acting to promote epistemic goods despite significant risk of
harm. Courage is distinguished from recklessness and cowardice because the expected …

Responsibility for collective epistemic harms

W Fleisher, D Šešelja - Philosophy of Science, 2023 - cambridge.org
Discussion of epistemic responsibility typically focuses on belief formation and actions
leading to it. Similarly, accounts of collective epistemic responsibility have addressed the …

An Epistemic Version of Pascal's Wager

E Jackson - Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 2024 - cambridge.org
Epistemic consequentialism is the view that epistemic goodness is more fundamental than
epistemic rightness. In this article, I examine the relationship between epistemic …

How to endorse conciliationism

W Fleisher - Synthese, 2021 - Springer
I argue that recognizing a distinct doxastic attitude called endorsement, along with the
epistemic norms governing it, solves the self-undermining problem for conciliationism about …

Suspending judgment is something you do

L Crawford - Episteme, 2022 - cambridge.org
What is it to suspend judgment about whether p? Much of the recent work on the nature and
normative profile of suspending judgment aims to analyze it as a kind of doxastic attitude. On …

Reasons for belief in context

D Bradley - Episteme, 2023 - cambridge.org
There is currently a lively debate about whether there are practical reasons for belief,
epistemic reasons for belief, or both. I will argue that the intuitions on all sides can be fully …