A taxonomy of types of epistemic dependence: introduction to the Synthese special issue on epistemic dependence
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-019-02233-6
Abstract: 1 Epistemic dependence is to be distinguished from ontological dependence (e.g., the dependence of one entity for its existence upon another entity; see Koslicki (2013) and Tahko and Lowe (2015) for two overviews of the… read more here.
Keywords: dependence introduction; introduction synthese; dependence; taxonomy types ... See more keywords
Two types of epistemic instrumentalism
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-019-02415-2
Abstract: Epistemic instrumentalism (EI) views epistemic norms and epistemic normativity as essentially involving the instrumental relation between means and ends. It construes notions like epistemic normativity, norms, and rationality, as forms of instrumental or means-end normativity,… read more here.
Keywords: epistemic norms; epistemic normativity; instrumentalism; epistemic instrumentalism ... See more keywords