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About the Author
Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij is reader in philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London. His research focuses on epistemic normativity and social epistemology, and has appeared in, among other places, Nous, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Episteme, Philosophical Quarterly, and Philosophical Studies. Jeffrey Dunn is an associate professor of philosophy at DePauw University. His research focuses on topics in formal and traditional epistemology as well as philosophy of science. His research has appeared in places such as Philosophical Studies, Philosophical Quarterly, Episteme, and the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
Reviews
The collection comprises 13 essays divided into three sections, preceded by an accessible, thorough introduction by the editors. The first section (six essays) focuses on the nature of epistemic value and what should count as epistemically valuable. Section 2 (four essays) discusses one of the more popular epistemic consequentialist theories, accuracy-first epistemic consequentialism, the theory that true epistemic rules are those that most reliably yield accurate beliefs. The three essays in the third section apply consequentialism to other epistemological topics. This is a book for a well-read audience. * CHOICE *
Ahlstrom-Vij and Dunn's edited book, Epistemic Consequentialism, is arguably the first comprehensive volume of collected papers on this field. It contains cutting-edge contributions to this topic from internationally renowned and emerging epistemologists...[and] is a useful guide to a field in epistemology which is expected to get increased scholarly attention in future discussions about the source and nature of epistemic normativity. * Peter Hartl, Research Centre for the Humanities, Institute of Philosophy, Budapest, MTA, Philosophia *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198779681
Author H. Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij
Format Hardback
Page Count 344
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 239mm * 164mm * 27mm