Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology: The Case for Science Without Norms

by Jonathan Knowles

Jonathan Knowles argues against theories that seek to provide specific norms for the formation of belief on the basis of empirical sources: the project of naturalized epistemology. He argues that such norms are either not genuinely normative for belief, or are not required for optimal belief formation. An exhaustive classification of such theories is motivated and each variety is discussed in turn. He distinguishes naturalized epistemology from the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403902879
• ISBN13: 9781403902870
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.8"