Bradley, D. (2023) Can we combine practical and epistemic reason? Analytic Philosophy. ISSN 2153-9596
Abstract
This paper offers a theory of how epistemic and practical reasons for belief can be combined into all-things-considered reason. Unlike alternative theories, it does not involve any sharp cut-offs or lexical priorities among types of reason. The theory allows that the relative strengths of the practical and epistemic reasons matter, as does the distance between the epistemically rational credence and the practically rational credence. Although there are important differences between the structure of epistemic and practical reason, they can still be combined in a satisfactory way. The central idea is that epistemic reason determines an epistemically rational doxastic state, and practical reason can push it around.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Author. Analytic Philosophy published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number John Templeton Foundation (US) ID# 62603 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2023 13:27 |
Last Modified: | 07 Sep 2023 13:27 |
Published Version: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phib.1... |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/phib.12312 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:203106 |
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