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Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology: The Case for Science Without Norms

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Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology: The Case for Science Without Norms - Knowles, J
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In the field of epistemology, naturalism holds that there are no a priori norms for guiding our belief-formation: we must start our inquiries in situ, assuming some beliefs and the general reliability of our basic cognitive practices to justify others. Naturalized epistemology seeks to motivate norms for cognitive enquiry on such a naturalistic basis. The author argues that, whilst naturalism must be embraced, this more abmitious project is in vain: to the extent one can justify naturalistic norms, they are not needed for ...

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Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology: The Case for Science Without Norms 2003, Palgrave MacMillan, London

ISBN-13: 9781403902870

2003 edition

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Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology: The Case for Science Without Norms 2003, Palgrave MacMillan, London

ISBN-13: 9781349508365

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