Evidence and agency : norms of belief for promising and resolving / Berislav Marušić.

The author explores how we should take evidence into account when thinking about future actions, such as resolving to do something we know will be difficult. Should we believe we will follow through, or not? He argues that if it is important to us, we can rationally believe we will do it, even if ou...

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Main Author: Marušić, Berislav
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
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520 8 |a The author explores how we should take evidence into account when thinking about future actions, such as resolving to do something we know will be difficult. Should we believe we will follow through, or not? He argues that if it is important to us, we can rationally believe we will do it, even if our belief contradicts the evidence. 
505 0 |a Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1 Promising and resolving against the evidence : Clarifying the problems -- The appeal to trying -- An explanatory task: asymmetries between agents, lovers, and observers -- Outlook -- Conclusion. 2 Sincerity and rationality : Sincerity -- Rationality -- Propriety -- Belief -- Conclusion. 3 The non-cognitivist response : Intending -- Aiming -- Accepting -- The combined non-cognitivist response -- Conclusion. 4 The practical knowledge response : Practical knowledge -- Against the practical knowledge response -- Against the practical knowledge approach -- Conclusion: practical thought. 5 The evidentialist response : The evidentialist's bridge principles -- A disheartening view -- Epistemic evasion -- Conclusion. 6 The Sartrean response : The agent's point of view -- Why belief? -- Case studies -- Objections and replies : Belief aims at knowledge -- Coordination without reconciliation -- Foregoing self-knowledge -- A comeback for the practical knowledge response? -- The idea of freedom -- Predictive promises -- Pragmatic encroachment -- Betting -- The difference between promising and resolving -- Freedom -- Anguish -- Conclusion. 7 Trusting against the evidence : The evidentialist response -- The calculating response -- The testimonial knowledge response -- The strawsonian response -- Why belief? -- Conclusion. Conclusion. Postscript. Glossary. References. Index. 
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