Output details
32 - Philosophy
University of Edinburgh
Book title
A Luxury of the Understanding : On the Value of True Belief
Type
A - Authored book
DOI
-
Publisher of book
Oxford University Press
ISBN of book
978-0-19-967480-0
Year of publication
2013
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
-
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
Yes
Double-weighted statement
The output "A Luxury of the Understanding" presents the results of two substantial and distinct lines of research, which warrants double-weighting this output. The first of these lines of research is a contribution to philosophical ethics (arguing that true belief is only sometimes beneficial), and the second a contribution to epistemology and the philosophy of mind (arguing that belief does not “aim at truth”). These two projects are related and mutually supporting, but each constitute a stand-alone contribution to the relevant field, as each of the two lines of research is directed at the defense of a distinct thesis.
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
