Bob Beddor
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View article: Epistemic Luck, Knowledge-How, and Intentional Action
Epistemic Luck, Knowledge-How, and Intentional Action Open
Epistemologists have long believed that epistemic luck undermines propositional knowledge. Action theorists have long believed that agentive luck undermines intentional action. But is there a relationship between agentive luck and epistemi…
View article: Epistemic Luck, Knowledge-How, and Intentional Action
Epistemic Luck, Knowledge-How, and Intentional Action Open
Epistemologists have long believed that epistemic luck undermines propositional knowledge. Action theorists have long believed that agentive luck undermines intentional action. But is there a relationship between agentive luck and epistemi…
View article: Moral and epistemic evaluations: A unified treatment
Moral and epistemic evaluations: A unified treatment Open
Philosophical Perspectives, forthcoming (3) a. Devi [/dovresti, potresti] aiutare quelli che ne hanno bisogno.(Italian) b.Devi [/dovresti, potresti] credere nell'evoluzione.(4) a. Man sollte [/muss] Notleidenden helfen.(German) b.Man sollt…
View article: New Work For Certainty
New Work For Certainty Open
This paper argues that we should assign certainty a central place in\nepistemology. While epistemic certainty played an important role in\nthe history of epistemology, recent epistemology has tended to dismiss\ncertainty as an unattainable…
View article: Relativism and expressivism
Relativism and expressivism Open
Relativism and expressivism offer two different semantic frameworks for grappling with a similar cluster of issues. What is the difference between these two frameworks? Should they be viewed as rivals? If so, how should we choose between t…
View article: Might do better: Flexible relativism and the QUD
Might do better: Flexible relativism and the QUD Open
The past decade has seen a protracted debate over the semantics of epistemic modals. According to contextualists, epistemic modals quantify over the possibilities compatible with some contextually determined group's information. Relativist…
View article: Reduction in epistemology
Reduction in epistemology Open
This dissertation centers on two questions: (1) Can we explain epistemic facts in terms of non-epistemic facts? (2) What is the most explanatorily basic notion within the epistemic realm? Many philosophers are attracted to the idea that th…