Bibliograph

Epistemic authority, a theory of trust, authority, and autonomy in belief, Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski

Type

Label

Epistemic authority, a theory of trust, authority, and autonomy in belief, Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Epistemic authority

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

827268063

Responsibility statement

Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

a theory of trust, authority, and autonomy in belief

Summary

In this book Zagzebski gives an extended argument that the self-reflective person is committed to belief on authority. Epistemic authority is compatible with autonomy, but epistemic self-reliance is incoherent. She argues that epistemic and emotional self-trust are rational and inescapable, that consistent self-trust commits us to trust in others, and that among those we are committed to trusting are some whom we ought to treat as epistemic authorities, modeled on the well-known principles of authority of Joseph Raz. These principles apply to authority in the moral and religious domains

Target audience

specialized

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