Cohen, Alix (2013) Kant on doxastic voluntarism and its implications for epistemic responsibility. Kant Yearbook. pp. 33-50. ISSN 1868-4602
Abstract
This paper shows that Kant’s account of cognition can be used to defend epistemic responsibility against the double threat of either being committed to implausible versions of doxastic voluntarism, or failing to account for a sufficiently robust connection between the will and belief. Whilst we have no direct control over our beliefs, we have two forms of indirect doxastic control that are sufficient to ground epistemic responsibility. It is because we have direct control over our capacity to judge as well as the epistemic principles that govern belief acquisition that we have indirect control over the beliefs we thereby acquire.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Philosophy (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2013 01:01 |
Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2024 23:52 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:76717 |
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