The Norm of Belief

The Norm of Belief
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 319
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ISBN-10 : 9780199673391
ISBN-13 : 019967339X
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Book Synopsis The Norm of Belief by : John Gibbons

Download or read book The Norm of Belief written by John Gibbons and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Gibbons presents a new account of epistemic normativity. Belief seems to come with a built-in set of standards or norms—truth and reasonableness, for example—but which one is the fundamental norm of belief? He explains both the norms of knowledge and of truth in terms of the fundamental norm, the one that tells you to be reasonable.


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