Book contents
- Beings of Thought and Action
- Beings of Thought and Action
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Part I Beings of Thought in Action
- Part II Beings of Action in Thought
- Chapter 5 Pragmatic Encroachment in Epistemology
- Chapter 6 Reasons for Belief and the Primacy of the Practical
- Chapter 7 Assessing Potential Explanations of Pragmatic Encroachment
- Chapter 8 Social Beings
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Chapter 8 - Social Beings
from Part II - Beings of Action in Thought
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 June 2021
- Beings of Thought and Action
- Beings of Thought and Action
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Part I Beings of Thought in Action
- Part II Beings of Action in Thought
- Chapter 5 Pragmatic Encroachment in Epistemology
- Chapter 6 Reasons for Belief and the Primacy of the Practical
- Chapter 7 Assessing Potential Explanations of Pragmatic Encroachment
- Chapter 8 Social Beings
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter deals with a number of problems for pragmatic encroachment that arise because we are social beings whose lives are shaped by various inequalities. In section 8.1, I introduce the problem of wealth and explain how my account of pragmatic encroachment at least avoids certain instances of it. In section 8.2, I introduce the problem of joint deliberation, which my account cannot easily avoid. In section 8.3, I offer a view which I call Epistemic Communism to complement my account of pragmatic encroachment in order to deal with the problem of joint deliberation. In section 8.4, I address how my account deals with the phenomenon of epistemic injustice.
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- Beings of Thought and ActionEpistemic and Practical Rationality, pp. 193 - 211Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021