Confronting the Normativity Objection: W.V. Quine’s Engineering Model and Michael A. Bishop and J.D. Trout’s Strategic Reliabilism

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dc.contributor.authorMoghaddam, Soroush
dc.contributor.supervisorRysiew, Patrick William
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-04T22:21:20Z
dc.date.available2013-09-04T22:21:20Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-09-04
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Philosophyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this thesis is to critically examine how W.V. Quine, Michael A. Bishop and J.D. Trout confront the normativity objection against naturalized epistemology. In Chapter One, normativity in epistemology is introduced, followed by a brief look over Quine’s grievances against the traditional approach to epistemology. Quine rejects traditional epistemology and assimilates epistemology with science. The second chapter assesses how Quine naturalizes epistemology, and the third chapter evaluates his engineering response against the normativity objection. Bishop and Trout’s theory, founded upon the Aristotelian Principle, concentrates on reasoning and epistemic excellence instead of belief justification. Strategic Reliabilism’s attempt to dissolve the naturalistic challenge and resolve the normativity objection is inspected in Chapter Four. The final chapter, succinctly, summarizes its preceding chapters and ends by suggesting a closer exploration of the link between epistemology and cognitive sciences, to better understand the underlying mechanics of the objections that face naturalized epistemology.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0422en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0621en_US
dc.description.proquestemailsoushi@gmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4915
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectPhilosophyen_US
dc.subjectNaturalized Epistemologyen_US
dc.subjectW.V. Quineen_US
dc.subjectMichael A. Bishopen_US
dc.subjectJ.D. Trouten_US
dc.subjectNormativityen_US
dc.subjectEngineeringen_US
dc.subjectStrategic Reliabilismen_US
dc.subjectCognitive Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectScienceen_US
dc.subjectNaturalistic Challengeen_US
dc.subjectAristotelian Principleen_US
dc.subjectIntuitionen_US
dc.titleConfronting the Normativity Objection: W.V. Quine’s Engineering Model and Michael A. Bishop and J.D. Trout’s Strategic Reliabilismen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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