Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT Having evidence does not in itself make a doxastic attitude justified even if the evidence supports the attitude in question. Plausibly, one must also appreciate the support one's evidence provides for the doxastic attitude. Although such appreciation seems central to the picture of justification offered by Evidentialism, its nature has been largely unexplored by Evidentialists. This article seeks to rectify this situation by explaining how Evidentialists should understand appreciation and its role in justification. Additionally, the account of appreciation defended here is put to work in explicating the justification had during the process of deliberation and in clarifying what we should think about cases of epistemic akrasia.
Source: Philosophical Issues
DOI: 10.1111/phis.70000
Author: Kevin McCain
Institution: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,900
OpenAlex ID: W7128773147