What is rational belief?
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Dutant, Julien and Littlejohn, Clayton. (2023). What is rational belief? Nous. 58(2), pp. 333-359. https://doi.org/10.1111/nous.12456
Authors | Dutant, Julien and Littlejohn, Clayton |
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Abstract | A theory of rational belief should get the cases right. It should also reach its verdicts using the right theoretical assumptions. Leading theories seem to predict the wrong things. With only one exception, they don't accommodate principles that we should use to explain these verdicts. We offer a theory of rational belief that combines an attractive picture of epistemic desirability with plausible principles connecting desirability to rationality. |
Keywords | rational belief; philosophy; theory; epistemic desirability; desirability; rationality |
Year | 2023 |
Journal | Nous |
Journal citation | 58 (2), pp. 333-359 |
Publisher | Wiley Periodicals LLC |
ISSN | 0029-4624 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/nous.12456 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85150262138 |
Web address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nous.12456 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 333-359 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 19 Mar 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 15 Nov 2023 |
Additional information | © 2023 The Authors. Noûs published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. |
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
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