Epistemic practices

A unified account of epistemic and zetetic normativity

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21364099
AutoresWilfrid Fleisher (0000-0002-5980-3970, Georgetown University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2025
Volumen59
Número1
Páginas289-314
Fecha de publicación2025-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNoûs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0029-4624 • E-ISSN: 1468-0068
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/nous.12514
OpenAlexW4399922573
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas89

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 and knowledge can give rise to epistemic norms. On this account, epistemic norms are the internal rules of epistemic social practices. The account explains four crucial features of epistemic normativity while dissolving some apparent tensions between them. The account also provides a unified theory of epistemic and zetetic normativity

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