This book develops and defends a theory of responsible belief. The author argues that we lack control over our beliefs, but that we can nonetheless influence them. It is because we have intellectual obligations to influence our beliefs that we are responsible for them.
This book develops and defends a theory of responsible belief. The author argues that we lack control over our beliefs, but that we can nonetheless influence them. It is because we have intellectual obligations to influence our beliefs that we are responsible for them.
Rik Peels is an assistant professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His primary research interests are the ethics of belief, ignorance, scientism, and various issues in the philosophy of religion, such as whether God has a sense of humor. He edited Moral and Social Perspectives on Ignorance (2016), and he co-edited The Epistemic Dimensions of Ignorance (2016) and Scientism: A Philosophical Exposition and Evaluation (OUP, 2017). He also regularly publishes opinion pieces in newspapers, does radio and television interviews, and engages in public debates on several controversial issues in ethics and the philosophy of religion.
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* Introduction: Why Responsible Belief Matters * Chapter 1: Doxastic Responsibility: What Is It? * Chapter 2. The Problem: Doxastic Control and Doxastic Obligations * Chapter 3: The Solution: Doxastic Influence and Intellectual Obligations * Chapter 4: Responsible Belief Entails the Ability to Believe Otherwise * Chapter 5: Responsible Belief Is Radically Subjective * Chapter 6: Responsible Belief Is Compatible with Doxastic Luck * Appendix: Responsible Belief and Epistemically Justified Belief * Bibliography * Index
