Free Download Prof Daniel Greco, "Idealization in Epistemology: A Modest Modeling Approach"
English | ISBN: 0198860552 | 2023 | 208 pages | PDF | 2 MB
It’s standard in epistemology to approach questions about knowledge and rational belief using idealized, simplified models. But while the practice of constructing idealized models in epistemology is old, metaepistemological reflection on that practice is not. Greco argues that the fact that epistemologists build idealized models isn’t merely a metaepistemological observation that can leave first-order epistemological debates untouched. Rather, once we view epistemology through the lens of idealization and model-building, the landscape looks quite different.
