How central are judgment and agency to epistemology?

Ernest Sosa's Judgment and Agency marks an important change from his earlier work in epistemology. While belief was at the center of his earlier approach to epistemological issues, a far more sophisticated mental state, judgment, plays the central role here. This paper examines the significance of t...

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Publicado en:Philosophical Studies Vol. 174; no. 10; pp. 2585 - 2598
Autor principal: Kornblith, Hilary
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Oct2017
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Sumario:Ernest Sosa's Judgment and Agency marks an important change from his earlier work in epistemology. While belief was at the center of his earlier approach to epistemological issues, a far more sophisticated mental state, judgment, plays the central role here. This paper examines the significance of this change in focus, and argues that there is reason to favor the earlier belief-centered approach over this new judgment-centered account.