A Luxury of the Understanding On the Value of True Belief
A Luxury of the Understanding On the Value of True Belief
- ISBN 13:
9780199674800
- ISBN 10:
0199674809
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 12/15/2013
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary
Hazlett defends the conclusion that true belief is at most sometimes valuable. In the first part of the book, he targets the view that true belief is normally better for us than false belief, and argues that false beliefs about ourselves--for example, unrealistic optimism about our futures and about other people, such as overly positive views of our friends--are often valuable vis-a-vis our wellbeing. In the second part, he targets the view that truth is "the aim of belief," and argues for anti-realism about the epistemic value of true belief. Together, these arguments comprise a challenge to the philosophical assumption of the value of true belief, and suggest an alternative picture, on which the fact that some people love truth is all there is to "the value of true belief."