Immoderately rational
Your little brother’s birthday is coming up. You want to give him a present, but you’re not sure what would be best: it’s got to be something he doesn’t already have, and it’s got to be good. As you’re walking along one day, contemplating your options, a mysterious stranger approaches and hands you...
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| author | Horowitz, Sophie |
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| description | Your little brother’s birthday is coming up. You want to give him a present, but you’re not sure what would be best: it’s got to be something he doesn’t already have, and it’s got to be good. As you’re walking along one day, contemplating your options, a mysterious stranger approaches and hands you a pamphlet. It reads: Give the gift of epistemic rationality! Our experienced technicians will gently scramble your friend or loved one’s brains so that, from now on, she will believe what her evidence supports. Results guaranteed. All previously acquired evidence will be maintained. Call today! “There’s my answer!” you think to yourself. After all, you know that your brother—unlike you—often falls short of the epistemic ideals. By making him epistemically rational, this spa treatment should thereby make him epistemically better off. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1033002022-09-27T22:29:09Z Immoderately rational Horowitz, Sophie Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy Horowitz, Sophie Your little brother’s birthday is coming up. You want to give him a present, but you’re not sure what would be best: it’s got to be something he doesn’t already have, and it’s got to be good. As you’re walking along one day, contemplating your options, a mysterious stranger approaches and hands you a pamphlet. It reads: Give the gift of epistemic rationality! Our experienced technicians will gently scramble your friend or loved one’s brains so that, from now on, she will believe what her evidence supports. Results guaranteed. All previously acquired evidence will be maintained. Call today! “There’s my answer!” you think to yourself. After all, you know that your brother—unlike you—often falls short of the epistemic ideals. By making him epistemically rational, this spa treatment should thereby make him epistemically better off. 2016-06-23T19:34:40Z 2016-06-23T19:34:40Z 2013-10 2016-05-23T12:07:47Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0031-8116 1573-0883 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103300 Horowitz, Sophie. “Immoderately Rational.” Philosophical Studies 167, no. 1 (October 26, 2013): 41–56. en http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-013-0231-6 Philosophical Studies Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht application/pdf Springer Netherlands Springer Netherlands |
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