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Can there be epistemic reasons for action?

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posted on 2023-06-08, 20:15 authored by Anthony BoothAnthony Booth
In this paper I consider whether there can be such things as epistemic reasons for action. I consider three arguments to the contrary and argue that none are successful, being either somewhat question-begging or too strong by ruling out what most epistemologists think is a necessary feature of epistemic justification, namely the epistemic basing relation. I end by suggesting a "non-cognitivist" model of epistemic reasons that makes room for there being epistemic reasons for action and suggest that this model may support moral realism.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Grazer Philosophische Studien - Internationale Zeitschrift für Analytische Philosophie

ISSN

0165-9227

Publisher

Rodopi

Issue

1

Volume

73

Page range

133-144

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  • Philosophy Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-03-08

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