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Author ORCID Identifier
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AccessType
Open Access Dissertation
Document Type
dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Program
Philosophy
Year Degree Awarded
2016
Month Degree Awarded
September
First Advisor
Hilary Kornblith
Subject Categories
Epistemology | Ethics and Political Philosophy
Abstract
We are fallible, and knowledge of our fallibility has normative implications. But these normative implications appear to conflict with other compelling epistemic norms. We therefore appear to face a choice: reject fallibility-based norms or reject these other epistemic norms. I argue that there is a plausible third option: reconcile these two sets of norms. Once we properly understand the nature of each of these norms, we aren’t forced to reject either.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/8964839.0
Recommended Citation
DiPaolo, Joshua, "Fallibility and Normativity" (2016). Doctoral Dissertations. 855.
https://doi.org/10.7275/8964839.0
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/855