NDLI: Belief and cognitive limitations

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Tang, Weng Hong
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	A number of philosophers have argued that it is hard for finite agents like us to reason and make decisions relying solely on our credences and preferences. They hold that for us to cope with our cognitive limitations, we need binary beliefs as well. For they think that such beliefs, by disposing us to treat certain propositions as true, help us cut down on the number of possibilities we need to consider when we reason. But using Ross and Schroeder (Philos Phenomenol Res, doi: 10.1111/j.1933-1592.2011.00552.x , 2012) as my stalking horse, I argue that such an appeal to binary beliefs does not work. I begin by explaining why there’s supposedly a problem for an account of reasoning that invokes only credences and preferences. I then argue that Ross and Schroeder’s account of belief—as well as other similar accounts—does not help solve the problem. Finally, I consider an alternative approach to solving the problem. This approach, unlike the accounts I criticise, does not hold that having a disposition to treat a proposition as true is necessary for believing it.
Starting Page	249
Ending Page	260
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00318116
Journal	Philosophical Studies
Volume Number	172
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15730883
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2014-02-27
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Belief Credence Probability Reasoning Decision making Philosophy Epistemology Philosophy of Mind Ethics Metaphysics Philosophy of Language
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy

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