Optimality justifications and the optimality principle
New tools for foundation‐theoretic epistemology
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 21364080 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Gerhard Schurz (0000-0002-4107-9240, DCLPS, Department of Philosophy Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf Germany, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2022 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Fascículo | 4 |
| Páginas | 972-999 |
| Data de publicação | 2022-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Noûs (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0029-4624 • E-ISSN: 1468-0068 |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/nous.12390 |
| OpenAlex | W3183848472 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 6 |
| Referências citadas | 44 |
The background of this paper (section 1) consists in a new account to foundation‐theoretic epistemology characterized by two features: (i) All beliefs are to be justified by deductive, inductive or abductive inferences from a minimalistic class of unproblematic (introspective or analytic) basic beliefs. (ii) Higher‐order justifications for these inferences are given by means of the novel method of optimality justifications. Optimality justifications are a new tool for epistemology (section 2). An optimality justification does not attempt to demonstrate that a cognitive method is reliable (which is impossible), but pursues the more modest goal of demonstrating that the method is optimal among all accessible alternative methods for the given epistemic goal. The reasoning from the established optimality of a method to the acceptability of a particular belief generated by the method is accomplished by so‐called optimality principles. In sections 3–5, the method of optimality justifications is carried out in detail for three fundamental problems: justifying induction, logic, and theory‐generating abduction
Class (philosophy) · Deductive reasoning · Epistemology · Foundation (evidence) · Inductive reasoning · Introspection · Mathematical economics · Optimality theory · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
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| Obras citantes distintas | 6 |
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| Citações por ano | 1,2 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 6 |