Overview

This volume provides a framework for approaching and understanding mental normativity. It presents cutting-edge research on the ethics of belief as well as innovative research beyond the normativity of belief—and towards an ethics of mind. By moving beyond traditional issues of epistemology the contributors discuss the most current ideas revolving around rationality, responsibility, and normativity. The book’s chapters are divided into two main parts. Part I discusses contemporary issues surrounding the normativity of belief. The essays here cover topics such as control over belief and its implication for the ethics of belief, the role of the epistemic community for the possibility of epistemic normativity, responsibility for believing, doxastic partiality in friendship, the structure and content of epistemic norms, and the norms for suspension of judgment. In Part II the focus shifts from the practical dimensions of belief to the normativity and rationality of other mental states—especially blame, passing thoughts, fantasies, decisions, and emotions. These essays illustrate how we might approach an ethics of mind by focusing not only on belief, but also more generally on debates about responsibility and rationality, as well as on normative questions concerning other mental states or attitudes. The Ethics of Belief and Beyond paves the way towards an ethics of mind by building on and contributing to recent philosophical discussions in the ethics of belief and the normativity of other mental phenomena. It will be of interest to upper-level students and researchers working in epistemology, ethics, philosophy of action, philosophy of mind, and moral psychology.

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Author:   Sebastian Schmidt (Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg, Germany) ,  Gerhard Ernst (Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.553kg
ISBN:  

9780367245504

ISBN 10:   0367245507
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   20 April 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Towards an Ethics of Mind Sebastian Schmidt Part I: New Perspectives on Belief Normativity A. Doxastic Agency and Responsibility 2. Implications of the Debate on Doxastic Voluntarism for W. K. Clifford’s Ethics of Belief Martina Lindner 3. Believing as We Ought and the Democratic Route to Knowledge Matthew Chrisman 4. Responsibility for Doxastic Strength Grounds Responsibility for Belief Benoit Gaultier B. Reasons for Belief 5. Relationships and Reasons for Belief Lindsay Crawford 6. Instrumental Reasons for Belief: Elliptical Talk and Elusive Properties Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen and Mattias Skipper 7. Suspension of Judgment, Rationality’s Competition, and the Reach of the Epistemic Errol Lord Part II: Facets of an Ethics of Mind A. Responsibility, Reasons, and Rationality 8. Responsibility for Attitudes, Object-Given Reasons, and Blame Sebastian Schmidt 9. Two Kinds of Rationality Gerhard Ernst B. The Ethics of Blame, Fear, Decision, Passing Thought, and Phantasy 10. The Ethics of Blame: A Primer D. Justin Coates 11. How Safe Should We Feel? The Ethics of Fear in the Public Sphere Sabine A. Döring 12. Determining the Future Matthew Soteriou 13. Silence and Salience: On Being Judgmental Neal A. Tognazzini 14. The Value of a Free and Wandering Mind Miriam Schleifer McCormick

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"""Specialists in the ethics of action and the nature of practical reason now routinely interact with specialists in epistemology and the normativity of belief to address broader issues in the normativity of all kinds of mental states. As both fields learn from another, new questions and new avenues for inquiry come into view. This is a welcome collection of new essays by first-rate philosophers in the emerging field of mental normativity."" – Peter J. Graham, University of California, Riverside, USA"

Specialists in the ethics of action and the nature of practical reason now routinely interact with specialists in epistemology and the normativity of belief to address broader issues in the normativity of all kinds of mental states. As both fields learn from another, new questions and new avenues for inquiry come into view. This is a welcome collection of new essays by first-rate philosophers in the emerging field of mental normativity. - Peter J. Graham, University of California, Riverside, USA

Author Information

Sebastian Schmidt is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy at the University of Zurich at the chair for Theoretical Philosophy (Anne Meylan). His research in epistemology and metaethics focusses on responsibility and reasons for attitudes. Gerhard Ernst holds a chair for Philosophy at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany). Since 2018 he is president of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie (German Society for Philosophy). His main research areas are epistemology and metaethics. His works include Das Problem des Wissens (The Problem of Knowledge) (2002) and Die Objektivität der Moral (The Objectivity of Morality) (2008).

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