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Epistemic Defeat : A Treatment of Defeat as an Independent Phenomenon / Jan Constantin.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Epistemic Studies : Philosophy of Science, Cognition and Mind ; 47Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (X, 287 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110735352
  • 9783110730685
  • 9783110730548
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 121.5 23
LOC classification:
  • BD171 .C66 2021
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Defeaters, Functional Profiles and Deep Distinctions -- 2 Rebutting Defeat -- 3 Undercutting Defeat -- 4 Putting Things Together -- 5 Defeat and Epistemic Justification -- 6 Defeat and Disagreement -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index – Definitions and Examples -- Index – Names
Summary: A number of well-developed theories shed light on the question, under what circumstances our beliefs enjoy epistemic justification. Yet, comparatively little is known about epistemic defeat—when new information causes the loss of epistemic justification. This book proposes and defends a detailed account of epistemic defeaters. The main kinds of defeaters are analyzed in detail and integrated into a general framework that aims to explain how beliefs lose justification. It is argued that defeaters introduce incompatibilities into a noetic system and thereby prompt a structured re-evaluation process that makes a justified reinstatement of the defeated belief impossible. The account is then applied to the topic of disagreement, where it is used in an argument for conciliationism, as well as a new explanation for higher-order defeat. Throughout the book, the notion of defeat is the center of attention, while a number of new issues are discussed at the intersections of defeat and justification. Specifically, new problems are raised for broadly internalist accounts of defeat, a fully descriptive reliabilist account of defeat is provided, and the case for normative defeat is revisited.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Defeaters, Functional Profiles and Deep Distinctions -- 2 Rebutting Defeat -- 3 Undercutting Defeat -- 4 Putting Things Together -- 5 Defeat and Epistemic Justification -- 6 Defeat and Disagreement -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index – Definitions and Examples -- Index – Names

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A number of well-developed theories shed light on the question, under what circumstances our beliefs enjoy epistemic justification. Yet, comparatively little is known about epistemic defeat—when new information causes the loss of epistemic justification. This book proposes and defends a detailed account of epistemic defeaters. The main kinds of defeaters are analyzed in detail and integrated into a general framework that aims to explain how beliefs lose justification. It is argued that defeaters introduce incompatibilities into a noetic system and thereby prompt a structured re-evaluation process that makes a justified reinstatement of the defeated belief impossible. The account is then applied to the topic of disagreement, where it is used in an argument for conciliationism, as well as a new explanation for higher-order defeat. Throughout the book, the notion of defeat is the center of attention, while a number of new issues are discussed at the intersections of defeat and justification. Specifically, new problems are raised for broadly internalist accounts of defeat, a fully descriptive reliabilist account of defeat is provided, and the case for normative defeat is revisited.

Issued also in print.

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In English.

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