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Conversational Context and Normativity

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If I mistakenly hear you ask for directions to the “shore” when instead you asked for directions to the “store,” the miscommunication is probably an innocent mistake. If, on the other hand, a man misunderstands a woman’s refusal of his sexual advances as consent, the mistake seems like it might...

Keyword:

Context, Normativity, and Philosophy of Language

Subject:

Philosophy

Creator:

Ellefson, Gretchen

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

02/12/2020

Date Created:

2019-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Alternate Identifier:

http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14796 and etdadmin_upload_684502
The Practical Foundations of Epistemic Normativity

Description:

We often criticize others for beliefs that are dogmatic, biased, or wishful. What, exactly, are we criticizing? Many epistemologists accept that such believing is problematic because it is not appropriately responsive to epistemic reasons. But why care about that? Or, to put it another way, why are epistemic norms authoritative...

Keyword:

Practical Reason, Agency, Epistemic Normativity, Normativity, and Epistemology

Subject:

Philosophy

Creator:

A. K. Flowerree

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

03/26/2018

Date Modified:

03/26/2018

Date Created:

2017-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation