Epistemic Rationality as Instrumental Rationality: A Critique

2003/05/01 by Thomas Kelly, THOMAS KELLY · 10 citations
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics #Philosophy and Theoretical Science #Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1933-1592.2003.tb00281.x

Abstract

My aim in this paper is to explore the relationship between epistemic ration-ality and instrumental rationality. By epistemic rationality, I mean, roughly, the kind of rationality which one displays when one believes propositions that are strongly supported by one's evidence and refrains from believing

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