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- Title
Against Universal Epistemic Instrumentalism.
- Authors
Willoughby, James Bernard
- Abstract
Beliefs should conform to some norms. Epistemic instrumentalism holds that your beliefs should conform to these epistemic norms just because conforming is useful. But there seems to be cases where conforming to the epistemic norms isn't useful at all, as in so-called "too-few-reasons" cases. In response to these cases, universal epistemic instrumentalists argue that despite first appearances, it is always useful to conform to the epistemic norms. I argue that all current versions of this universalist response are objectionable. I conclude with a conjecture about why no version of universalism will succeed.
- Subjects
INSTRUMENTALISTS; LOGICAL prediction; INSTRUMENTALISM (Philosophy); NORMATIVITY (Ethics)
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 2022, Vol 52, Issue 6, p589
- ISSN
0045-5091
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/can.2022.45