The attitude of agnosticism:
"We often describe ourselves as agnostic on a wide range of questions, such as does God exist, is String Theory true, or will the President win re-election? But what does it mean to be agnostic and when is agnosticism justified? This monograph addresses these and related questions
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Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore
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| Summary: | "We often describe ourselves as agnostic on a wide range of questions, such as does God exist, is String Theory true, or will the President win re-election? But what does it mean to be agnostic and when is agnosticism justified? This monograph addresses these and related questions |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XI, 216 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781009214735 9781009214728 |
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Contents page x Acknowledgements I Introduction I. I 1.2 1.3 2 i Overview Chapter Descriptions A Unique Perspective I 2 4 Criteria for a Satisfactory Account of Agnosticism 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Non-Belief and Friedman’s Criteria 2.3 The Possibility of Doxastic Inconsistency 2.4 Examples of Doxastic Inconsistency 2.5 Alternatives to the Inconsistent Attitudes Explanation 2.6 Agnosticism-Involving Doxastic Inconsistency 2.7 The Impossibility of Agnosticism-Involving Inconsistency 2.8 Attitudinal Accounts and Wagner’s Criteria 2.9 Conclusion 3 Competing Attitudinal Accounts of Agnosticism 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 4 Introduction Russell’s Metacognitive Account Crawford’s Metacognitive Account Masny’s Metacognitive Account Raleigh’s Metacognitive Account Wagner’s Endorsed-Indecision Account Friedman’s Sui Generis Account Conclusion The Questioning-Attitude Account of Agnosticism 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Introduction Defining Key Terms Agnosticism as Question-Directed Agnosticism as Proposition-Directed Agnosticism Attitude-Ascriptions vii 6 6 7 12 16 18 21 23 32 39 41 41 41 43 48 50 52 54 57 59 59 59 61 66 71
viii Contents 4.6 4-7 4-8 Agnosticism as Sui Generis Applying the Seven Criteria Conclusion Agnosticism and the Inquiring State of Mind 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Introduction Defining Inquiry The Inquiry-Entails-Agnosticism Thesis The Agnosticism-Entails-Inquiry Thesis The Unanswerable Questions Objection My Argument against the Descriptive Thesis My Argument against the Normative Thesis Conclusion The Act-Attitude Account of Doxastic Neutrality 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Introduction McGrath’s Tripartite Account of Neutrality The Mongrel Concept Objection Negative versus Positive Neutrality Interrogative and Anti-interrogative Attitudes Conclusion On the Non-existence of Practical Agnosticism 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Introduction The Appropriateness Norms for Belief The Appropriateness Norms for Intention Agnosticism, Picking, and Buridan’s Ass Is Indifference Practical Agnosticism? Agnosticism, Acceptance, and the Truth-Aim Conclusion Agnosticism and Pragmatic Reasons 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Introduction Agnosticism and Transparency Agnosticism and Pragmatic Considerations Schroeder’s Belief Sufficiency Principle Agnosticism and Evidentialism Conclusion Agnosticism, Permissivism, and Peer Disagreement 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Introduction Agnosticism-Involving Permissivism Nickel’s Argument for Permissivism Objections to Permissivism The Requirements for Epistemic Peerhood An Argument for the Agnostic Response 74 79 81 83 83 84 86 91 92 95 IOI 105 107 107 108 112 II8 126 UI I32 132 133 134 138 142 145 149 151 151 151 155 158 164 169 171 171 172 175 180 188 196
Contents 9.7 Palmira’s Objection to the Agnostic Response 9.8 Conclusion 10 Conclusion 10.1 10.2 10.3 References Index Agnosticism as Sui Generis Attitude Agnosticism’s Rational Appropriateness Giving Agnosticism Its Due ix 197 201 203 204 205 207 209 214 |
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