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The Activity of Reasoning: How Reasoning Can Constitute Epistemic AgencyPacific Philosophical Quarterly 102 (3): 413-428. 2021.We naturally see ourselves as capable of being active with respect to the matter of what we believe – as capable of epistemic agency. A natural view is that we can exercise such agency by engaging in reasoning. Sceptics contend that such a view cannot be maintained in light of the fact that reasoning involves judgements, which are not decided upon or the products of prior intentions. In response, I argue that reasoning in fact can amount to epistemic agency in virtue of its being aim-directed in…Read more
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Philosophy of Mind |
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Epistemology |
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