Christopher Blake‐turner
Biographic Data
| ID | 1490213 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Blake‐turner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Blake‐turner |
| SIGNATURE | TURNER C B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1509-0649 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reasons Last: Agency, Morality, and the Reasoning View
Fake news, relevant alternatives, and the degradation of our epistemic environment
This paper contributes to the growing literature in social epistemology of diagnosing the epistemically problematic features of fake news. I identify two novel problems: the problem of relevant alternatives; and the problem of the degradation of the epistemic environment. The former arises among individual epistemic transactions. By making salient, and thereby relevant, alternatives to knowledge claims, fake news stories threaten knowledge. The p…
By the Devil’s Own Lights
Citing the basis on which an agent acts explains her acting in a distinctive way: it brings the action within the purview of rational agency. Many have appealed to the guise of the good thesis to secure the distinctiveness of basing explanation, by showing that the agent’s action is rationally intelligible. But the thesis threatens to artificially sanitize rational agency. Some, notably Setiya, deny both the guise of the good and the claim that b…
The Hereby-Commit Account of Inference
An influential way of distinguishing inferential from non-inferential processes appeals to representational states: an agent infers a conclusion from some premises only if she represents those premises as supporting that conclusion. By contrast, when some premises merely cause an agent to believe the conclusion, there is no relevant representational state. While promising, the appeal to representational states invites a regress problem, first fam…
Acting and believing on the basis of reasons
This paper provides an opinionated guide to discussions of acting and believing on the basis of reasons. I aim to bring closer together largely separate literatures in practical reason and in epistemology. I focus on three questions. First, is basing causing? Causal theories of basing remain popular despite the notorious Problem of Deviant Causal Chains. Causal theorists in both the epistemic and practical domains have begun to appeal to disposit…
Reasons, basing, and the normative collapse of logical pluralism
Logical pluralism without the normativity
Logical pluralism without the normativity
Acting and believing on the basis of reasons
This paper provides an opinionated guide to discussions of acting and believing on the basis of reasons. I aim to bring closer together largely separate literatures in practical reason and in epistemology. I focus on three questions. First, is basing causing? Causal theories of basing remain popular despite the notorious Problem of Deviant Causal Chains. Causal theorists in both the epistemic and practical domains have begun to appeal to disposit…
Reasons, basing, and the normative collapse of logical pluralism
Logical pluralism without the normativity
The Hereby-Commit Account of Inference
An influential way of distinguishing inferential from non-inferential processes appeals to representational states: an agent infers a conclusion from some premises only if she represents those premises as supporting that conclusion. By contrast, when some premises merely cause an agent to believe the conclusion, there is no relevant representational state. While promising, the appeal to representational states invites a regress problem, first fam…
Acting and believing on the basis of reasons
This paper provides an opinionated guide to discussions of acting and believing on the basis of reasons. I aim to bring closer together largely separate literatures in practical reason and in epistemology. I focus on three questions. First, is basing causing? Causal theories of basing remain popular despite the notorious Problem of Deviant Causal Chains. Causal theorists in both the epistemic and practical domains have begun to appeal to disposit…
Fake news, relevant alternatives, and the degradation of our epistemic environment
This paper contributes to the growing literature in social epistemology of diagnosing the epistemically problematic features of fake news. I identify two novel problems: the problem of relevant alternatives; and the problem of the degradation of the epistemic environment. The former arises among individual epistemic transactions. By making salient, and thereby relevant, alternatives to knowledge claims, fake news stories threaten knowledge. The p…
By the Devil’s Own Lights
Citing the basis on which an agent acts explains her acting in a distinctive way: it brings the action within the purview of rational agency. Many have appealed to the guise of the good thesis to secure the distinctiveness of basing explanation, by showing that the agent’s action is rationally intelligible. But the thesis threatens to artificially sanitize rational agency. Some, notably Setiya, deny both the guise of the good and the claim that b…
Reasons Last: Agency, Morality, and the Reasoning View
Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Appeal (2 works)