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I argue that unless belief is voluntary in a very strict sense – that is, unless credence is simply under our direct control – there can be no practical reasons to believe. I defend this view against recent work by Susanna Rinard. I then argue that for very similar reasons, barring the truth of strict doxastic voluntarism, there cannot be epistemic reasons to act, only purely practical reasons possessed by those whose goal is attaining knowledge or justified belief.Practical reasons to believe, epistemic reasons to act, and the baffled action theoristPhilosophical Issues 33 (1): 22-32. 2023.
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East Carolina UniversityAssistant Professor
APA Eastern Division
Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
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| Biomedical Ethics |
| Philosophy of Psychiatry and Psychopathology |
| Neuroethics |
| Psychiatry and Psychotherapy |
| Moral Psychology |
| Global Health |
| Normative Ethics |