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Brian Talbot (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder)

The End of Epistemology As We Know It

Brian Talbot (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder)

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Oxford University Press Inc
16 May 2024
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Ethics & moral philosophy
"In The End of Epistemology As We Know It Brian Talbot explores various ways in which epistemic norms could matter, and shows how epistemic norms as standardly understood fall short on each. He argues that we can and should replace existing norms with norms that matter more. These replacement norms will be quite different from the norms standardly accepted by philosophers.

In whichever way we try to explain the importance of the epistemic, it does not matter at all what we believe about most topics or why we believe it. When what we believe does matter, it is often not particularly important that our beliefs are true, but rather just that they are good enough for our purposes. When the truth is not what really matters, then no truth-connected epistemic notions, such as reliability, evidence, coherence, accuracy, or knowledge, are really normatively significant. Even when truth is genuinely important, Talbot argues, the standard epistemic norms do not properly aim at truth, because they do not allow us to sacrifice one true belief for the sake of others. In light of all of this, epistemic norms as standardly conceived are not really concerned with what matters. Talbot explains how epistemic norms that genuinely matter should replace truth-based epistemic notions with conceptions of success, reasons, and justification aimed at the ""good enough."" These new norms

will require us to form some seemingly bad beliefs--beliefs that violate all standard norms by going against our evidence, being incoherent, or even being clearly false--in order to improve other beliefs. In fact, they will sometimes allow our beliefs to be bad for no reason whatsoever. These arguments open the door for new projects in epistemology. They reveal the need for new accounts of epistemic goodness and rationality, and illuminate how to rigorously pursue these in ways that are genuinely attuned to what is worthwhile."
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Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 147mm,  Width: 203mm,  Spine: 38mm
Weight:   418g
ISBN:   9780197743638
ISBN 10:   0197743633
Pages:   272
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Brian Talbot is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder. He previously taught at Washington University, St. Louis and also holds a law degree.

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