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Metaepistemology

Realism and Anti-Realism

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Editors:
  1. Christos Kyriacou

    1. University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

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  2. Robin McKenna

    1. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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  • Offers the first dedicated study on the core metaepistemological subject of epistemic ontology
  • Brings together a wide range of different philosophical perspectives on epistemic ontology, ranging from the traditional to the more novel
  • Represents and advances the debate in the emerging field of metaepistemology in interesting, new and hitherto under-explored directions

Part of the book series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy (PIIP)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Christos Kyriacou, Robin McKenna
    Pages 1-14

  3. Epistemic Realism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. The Core Expressivist Manoeuvre

      • Terence Cuneo
      Pages 17-43

    3. Epistemic Reductionism and the Moral-Epistemic Disparity

      • Chris Heathwood
      Pages 45-70

    4. From Moral Fixed Points to Epistemic Fixed Points

      • Christos Kyriacou
      Pages 71-95

    5. Normative Reasons for Mentalism

      • Eva Schmidt
      Pages 97-120

    6. Epistemic Consequentialism: Haters Gonna Hate

      • Nathaniel Sharadin
      Pages 121-143

  4. Epistemic Anti-realism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Knowledge, Reasons, and Errors About Error Theory

      • Charles Côté-Bouchard, Clayton Littlejohn
      Pages 147-171

    3. Constitutivism About Epistemic Normativity

      • Christopher Cowie, Alexander Greenberg
      Pages 173-196

    4. Correctness and Goodness

      • Allan Hazlett
      Pages 197-216

    5. The Genealogy of Relativism and Absolutism

      • Martin Kusch, Robin McKenna
      Pages 217-239

    6. Reasons Primitivism and Epistemic Expressivism

      • Teemu Toppinen
      Pages 241-264

  5. Beyond the Realism/Anti-realism Divide

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 265-265
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    2. What Anti-realism About Hinges Could Possibly Be

      • Annalisa Coliva
      Pages 267-288

    3. Epistemic Schmagency?

      • A. K. Flowerree
      Pages 289-310

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 311-314
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About this book

This book contains twelve chapters by leading and up-and-coming philosophers on metaepistemology, that is, on the nature, existence and authority of epistemic facts. One of the central divides in metaepistemology is between epistemic realists and epistemic anti-realists. Epistemic realists think that epistemic facts (such as the fact that you ought to believe what your evidence supports) exist independently of human judgements and practices, and that they have authority over our judgements and practices. Epistemic anti-realists think that, if epistemic facts exist at all, they are grounded in human judgements and practices, and gain any authority they have from our judgements and practices. This book considers both epistemic realist and anti-realist perspectives, as well as perspectives that 'transcend' the realism/anti-realism dichotomy. As such, it constitutes the 'state of the art' with regard to metaepistemology, and will shape the debate in years to come.


Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Christos Kyriacou

  • University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Robin McKenna

About the editors

Christos Kyriacou is a Lecturer at the University of Cyprus and has received his PhD in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His main interests lie in epistemology, metaethics and their intersection. He has published articles in Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, Philosophical Psychology, Philosophical Papers, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Journal of Philosophical Research, Journal of Value Inquiry, Philosophia as well as in volumes dealing with issues in metaepistemology (Metaepistemology, eds. C.McHugh, J.Way and D.Whiting, forthcoming, co-authored with T.Cuneo) and epistemic normativity (Epistemic Reasons, Norms and Goals, eds. M.Grajner and P.Schmechtig, 2016). He has also written the ‘Metaepistemology’ entry for Oxford Bibliographies Online in Philosophy and the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Robin McKenna is a postdoctoral researcher on the Emergence of Relativism project at theUniversity of Vienna, Austria. Before coming to Vienna, he worked at the University of Geneva. His research is principally in epistemology and philosophy of language, though he has also done work in metaethics and is increasingly interested in the philosophy of science. He is currently working on a book that argues that knowledge is a social status. He has published articles in American Philosophical Quarterly, Analysis, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Ethics, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly  and Synthese.  

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Metaepistemology

  • Book Subtitle: Realism and Anti-Realism

  • Editors: Christos Kyriacou, Robin McKenna

  • Series Title: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93369-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93368-9Published: 28 September 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06648-2Published: 29 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93369-6Published: 19 September 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2946-2851

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-286X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 314

  • Topics: Epistemology, Ontology

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