Justification, Conformity, and the Norm of Belief
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9687444 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Davide Fassio (0000-0001-9233-5868, Zhejiang University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 497-525 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217318000653 |
| OpenAlex | W2908683409 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 58 |
According to a popular view in contemporary epistemology, a belief is justified if, and only if, it amounts to knowledge. Upholders of this view also hold that knowledge is the fundamental norm governing belief and that conforming to this norm is both necessary and sufficient for justification. I argue against the claim that mere norm conformity is sufficient for justification. Rather, justification requires norm conformity for sufficient undefeated reasons. An important consequence is the rejection of the claim that conformity to the norm of belief is necessary and sufficient for epistemic justification. I illustrate some interesting consequences of this result
Conformity · Epistemology · Norm (philosophy) · Religious belief · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Ethics
Offences and Defences
Underivative Duty
The Structure of Values and Norms
Justification and the Truth-Connection
Knowledge and its Limits
Without Justification
Between Probability and Certainty
Against Content Normativity
The Normativity of Content
XIV—Linguistic Rules
The Domain of Reasons
Internal and external reasons
Rationality Through Reasoning
Internal and External Reasons
Being Realistic about Reasons
Normativity
I.—A Plea for Excuses
Keep Things in Perspective
What We Owe to Each Other
Practical Reason and Norms
The Right and the Good
Rethinking criminal law
Rules of Meaning and Practical Reasoning
Kantian Ethics almost without Apology
How Truth Governs Belief
Doxastic Deliberation
Contextualism, Subject-Sensitive Invariantism and Knowledge of Knowledge
Justified Judging
Kinds of Reasons
Moral Reasons, Epistemic Reasons and Rationality
A Primer on the Distinction between Justification and Excuse
Speech Acts
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |