Conservatisme doxastique Nous sommes des créatures avec des limitations cognitives évidentes. Nos souvenirs sont limités et il y a une limite au genre de choses que nous pouvons stocker et récupérer. Nous ne pouvons pas, par exemple, rappelez-vous la justification ou la preuve de bon nombre de nos croyances. De plus, en réponse à nos ressources cognitives limitées, nous avons généralement tendance à maintenir nos croyances et sommes réticents à les changer. Un clair

Political Obligation Why should I obey the law? Apart from the obvious prudential and self-interested reasons (to avoid punishment, loss of reputation, et ainsi de suite), is there a moral obligation to do what the law requires just because the law requires it? If the answer is yes and the mere illegality of an act renders its performance prima facie morally wrong, then I am under

The Axiology of Theism The existential question about God asks whether God exists, but the axiology of theism addresses the question of what value-impact, si seulement, God’s existence does (or would) have on our world and its inhabitants. There are two prominent answers to the axiological question about God. Pro-theism is the view that God’s existence does (or would) add value to our world. Anti-theism,

Modal Metaphysics Modal metaphysics concerns the metaphysical underpinning of our modal statements. These are statements about what is possible or what is necessarily so. We can construe the primary question of modal metaphysics as, “When we make a statement about what is possible or necessary, what determines the truth or falsity of the statement?” As an illustration, consider the statement “It is possible for me

Language in Classical Chinese Philosophy At first glance, early Chinese thought as expressed in Warring States period (475-221 BCE) texts does not seem to focus on the kinds of questions about language that one might expect from philosophers working on “the philosophy of language.” This does not mean, cependant, that language is philosophically insignificant to early Chinese thinkers. But it does show that discussions of

Ethnoepistemology As a species of naturalized epistemology, ethnoepistemology treats all human epistemological activities as fully natural phenomena to be described, understood, and evaluated from a broadly anthropological and fully a posteriori perspective. In this spirit it examines the entire gamut of human epistemological activities ranging from those of ordinary folk and cognitive specialists (par exemple, diviners, shamans, priests, magicians, and scientists) to those of epistemologists