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Epistemology Seminar: Amiya Hashkes (58³Ô¹Ï) “Understanding Responsible Belief”

30th November 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Abstract: I’ll be sharing some of the work in progress on my dissertation, where I inquire about the relationship between understanding and responsible belief. Drawing on parallels from moral responsibility, I suggest that epistemic responsibility requires a certain minimal level of understanding of the reasons for a belief as a condition for properly accepting it. I’ll sketch out an early conception of how I view this relationship between understanding and belief and offer a couple of arguments in its favor.

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