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Is the norm on belief evaluative? A response to McHugh

Abstract:
We respond to Conor McHugh's claim that an evaluative account of the normative relation between belief and truth is preferable to a prescriptive account. We claim that his arguments fail to establish this. We then draw a more general sceptical conclusion: we take our arguments to put pressure on any attempt to show that an evaluative account will fare better than a prescriptive account. We briefly express scepticism about whether McHugh's more recent ‘fitting attitude’ account fares better.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1111/papq.12158

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
College Only
Oxford college:
Lady Margaret Hall
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Wiley Publisher's website
Journal:
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly Journal website
Volume:
98
Issue:
S1
Pages:
128-145
Publication date:
2016-07-11
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EISSN:
1468-0114
ISSN:
0279-0750
Pubs id:
pubs:833632
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uuid:0a250c16-1f88-409c-bd40-7ab972f1fd8b
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pubs:833632
Source identifiers:
833632
Deposit date:
2018-04-05

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