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[Introduction To] Believing Against The Evidence: Agency And The Ethics Of Belief, Miriam S. Mccormick
[Introduction To] Believing Against The Evidence: Agency And The Ethics Of Belief, Miriam S. Mccormick
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The question of whether it is ever permissible to believe on insufficient evidence has once again become a live question. Greater attention is now being paid to practical dimensions of belief, namely issues related to epistemic virtue, doxastic responsibility, and voluntarism.
In this book, McCormick argues that the standards used to evaluate beliefs are not isolated from other evaluative domains. The ultimate criteria for assessing beliefs are the same as those for assessing action because beliefs and actions are both products of agency. Two important implications of this thesis, both of which deviate from the dominant view in contemporary philosophy, …