Vermaire, Matthew (2025) Judgment's aimless heart. Noûs, 59 (1). pp. 3-21. ISSN 0029-4624
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The author rejects the idea that inference is guided by a truth-aim, instead suggesting that epistemic goods feature in our doxastic lives.AI Topics:
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It's often thought that when we reason to new judgments in inference, we aim at believing the truth, and that this aim of ours can explain important psychological and normative features of belief. I reject this picture: the structure of aimed activity shows that inference is not guided by a truth-aim. This finding clears the way for a positive understanding of how epistemic goods feature in our doxastic lives. We can indeed make sense of many of our inquisitive and deliberative activities as undertaken in pursuit of such goods; but the evidence-guided inferences in which those activities culminate will require a different theoretical approach.
Title | Judgment's aimless heart |
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Creators | Vermaire, Matthew |
Identification Number | 10.1111/nous.12497 |
Date | March 2025 |
Divisions | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Philosophy |
Publisher | Wiley |
Additional Information | This work was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, grant number AH/W005077/1. |
URI | https://pub.demo35.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/44 |
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Item Type | Article |
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Depositing User | Unnamed user with email ejo1f20@soton.ac.uk |
Date Deposited | 11 Jun 2025 16:34 |
Revision | 27 |
Last Modified | 12 Jun 2025 12:21 |
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