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TWO POINT FIVE DOGMAS OFVALUE-DRIVE EPISTEMOLOGY
JESÚS ZAMORA-BONILLAUNED (Madrid)
Two point five dogmas of value driven epistemology
Recent trend towards an epistemologygrounded on
practical philosophy
E.g., epistemic responsibility, virtue, merit, justice...
'Epistemic value theory': what makesknowledge better than true belief is thatknowledge is more
valuable
.
Cf. ‘epistemic value page’, by Duncan Pritchard,
http://epistemicvaluestirling.blogspot.com/
The big dogma:
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A single piece of knowledge is more valuable thanthe corresponding (merely) true belief
Three semi-dogmas:
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Justification is what makes knowledge valuable
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Knowledge is a subspecies of belief
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Important epistemic values are intrinsic
Two point five dogmas of value driven epistemology
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