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Berislav Marušić

University of Edinburgh
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University of California, Berkeley
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 2007
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Specialization
Epistemology
Value Theory
Philosophy of Action
Meta-Ethics
Philosophy of Mind
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Value Theory
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    Evidence and Agency Norms of Belief for Promising and Resolving
    Oxford University Press. 2015.
    Berislav Marusic explores how we should take evidence into account when thinking about future actions, such as resolving to do something we know will be difficult. Should we believe we will follow through, or not? He argues that if it is important to us, we can rationally believe we will do it, even if our belief contradicts the evidence.
    IntentionsPromisesPractical Reason, Misc
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    The Ethics of Belief
    Philosophy Compass 6 (1): 33-43. 2011.
    The ethics of belief is concerned with the question what we should believe. According to evidentialism, one should believe something if and only if one has adequate evidence for what one believes. According to classic pragmatism, other features besides evidence, such as practical reasons, can make it the case that one should believe something. According to a new kind of pragmatism, some epistemic notions may depend on one’s practical interests, even if what one should believe is independent of o…Read more
    Ethics of Belief