The End of Epistemology As We Know It

The End of Epistemology As We Know It

In The End of Epistemology As We Know It Brian Talbot explores various ways in which epistemic norms could matter, and shows how epistemic norms as standardly understood fall short on each. He argues that we can and should replace existing norms with norms that matter more. These replacement norms will be quite different from......
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In The End of Epistemology As We Know It Brian Talbot explores various ways in which epistemic norms could matter, and shows how epistemic norms as standardly understood fall short on each. He argues that we can and should replace existing norms with norms that matter more. These replacement norms will be quite different from the norms standardly accepted by philosophers.In whichever way we try to explain the importance of the epistemic, it does not matter at all what we believe about most topics or why we believe it. When what we believe does matter, it is often not particularly important that our beliefs are true, but rather just that they are good enough for our purposes. When the truth is not what really matters, then no truth-connected epistemic notions, such as reliability, evidence, coherence, accuracy, or knowledge, are really normatively significant. Even when truth is genuinely important, Talbot argues, the standard epistemic norms do not properly aim at truth, because they d
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In The End of Epistemology As We Know It Brian Talbot explores various ways in which epistemic norms could matter, and shows how epistemic norms as standardly understood fall short on each. He argues that we can and should replace existing norms with norms that matter more. These replacement norms will be quite different from the norms standardly accepted by philosophers.In whichever way we try to explain the importance of the epistemic, it does not matter at all what we believe about most topics or why we believe it. When what we believe does matter, it is often not particularly important that our beliefs are true, but rather just that they are good enough for our purposes. When the truth is not what really matters, then no truth-connected epistemic notions, such as reliability, evidence, coherence, accuracy, or knowledge, are really normatively significant. Even when truth is genuinely important, Talbot argues, the standard epistemic norms do not properly aim at truth, because they do not allow us to sacrifice one true belief for the sake of others. In light of all of this, epistemic norms as standardly conceived are not really concerned with what matters. Talbot explains how epistemic norms that genuinely matter should replace truth-based epistemic notions with conceptions of success, reasons, and justification aimed at the "good enough." These new norms will require us to form some seemingly bad beliefs--beliefs that violate all standard norms by going against our evidence, being incoherent, or even being clearly false--in order to improve other beliefs. In fact, they will sometimes allow our beliefs to be bad for no reason whatsoever. These arguments open the door for new projects in epistemology. They reveal the need for new accounts of epistemic goodness and rationality, and illuminate how to rigorously pursue these in ways that are genuinely attuned to what is worthwhile.

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'The End of Epistemology As We Know It' er en banebrytende bok av Brian Talbot som tar leserne med på en teoretisk reise gjennom epistemologiens landskap. Her utfordres eksisterende epistemiske normer, og Talbot presenterer en ny tilnærming som setter relevans foran sannhet.

En Ny Vinkel på Epistemiske Normer

I denne boken argumenterer Talbot for at tradisjonelle epistemiske normer ikke fanger essensen av hva som virkelig betyr noe. Det handler ikke alltid om hva vi vet, men mer om hvordan våre oppfatninger kan være til nytte i praksis. Her er noen hovedpunkter fra boken:

  • Viktigheten av normer: Talbot undersøker hvordan våre forståelser av tro, rettferdighet og begrunnelse kan være tilpasset menneskelig erfaring.
  • Gode nok tro: Ikke alltid er sannhet det viktigste, men heller tro som fungerer godt for våre formål.
  • Fleksibilitet i tro: Talbot åpner for muligheten til å holde dårlige troer dersom de kan forsterke andre mer verdifulle troer.

Klar for Ny Denning i Epistemologi

'The End of Epistemology As We Know It' signaliserer et skifte i den filosofiske diskurs, og inviterer oss til å stille spørsmål ved de tradisjonelle forståelsene av kunnskap og sannhet. Talbots illustrasjoner av dette temaet er både tankevekkende og inspirerende, og gir leseren nye verktøy for å forstå hvordan de kan navigere i en kompleks verden av tro og perspektiver.

Enten du er en filosofistudent, akademiker, eller bare en nysgjerrig sjel, er denne boken en uunngåelig kilde til nye idéer og en dypere forståelse av epistemologiens rolle i vår moderne tilværelse. Husk, det handler ikke bare om hva vi tror, men hvordan vi kan tro bedre.

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