Lay intuitions about epistemic normativity

Roberts, Pendaran, Andow, James and Schmidtke, Kelly Ann (2018) Lay intuitions about epistemic normativity. Synthese, 195 (7). pp. 3267-3287. ISSN 0039-7857

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Abstract

Recent empirical work on non-philosophers’ intuitions about epistemic normativity reveals patterns that cannot be fully accounted for by direct epistemic consequentialism. On the basis of these results, one might picture participants as “epistemic deontologists.” We present the results of two new experiments that support a more nuanced picture. We examine intuitions about guesses and hypotheses, and about beliefs. Our results suggest a two-factor model of intuitions, wherein both consequentialist and non-consequentialist considerations affect participants’ judgments about epistemic permissibility.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	04 Feb 2019 16:10
Publisher:	Springer Nature
Additional Information:	This is an Open Access article published in Synthese, published by Springer Nature, copyright The Author(s).
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Subject terms:	2203 Philosophy, 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields, 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing, Philosophy
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/622425
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1371-6
ISSN	0039-7857

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