Epistemic Agency, Volume 23

This book collects cutting edge essays on epistemic agency and related topics by distinguished senior contributors to epistemology, as well as rising figures in the field. The assembly of scholars is impressive, as is reflected by the quality and range of their contributions.

1. Knowledge and Action Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Human  Agency ERNEST SOSA  1 Skeptical Challenges and Knowing Action  STEPHEN HETHERINGTON  18 Fallibilism, Epistemic Possibility, and  Epistemic Agency BARON REED  40 2. Agency and Responsibility Rational ‘Ought’ Implies ‘Can’   RALPH WEDGWOOD  70 Obsessive Thoughts and Inner Voices LUCY O’BRIEN  93 The Possibility of Epistemic Responsibility MIGUEL´ANGEL FERNANDEZ 109 Epistemic Responsibility and Doxastic Agency CONOR MCHUGH  132 Is Epistemic Agency Possible?   PASCAL ENGEL  158 Epistemic Agency: Some Doubts   KIERAN SETIYA  179 Can Virtue Epistemology Capitalize on JTB’s Appeal? E. J. COFFMAN  199 3. Intellectual Virtues In Defense of Reflection VALERIE TIBERIUS  223 Intellectual Autonomy LINDA ZAGZEBSKI  244 A Neo-Stoic Approach to Epistemic Agency SARAH WRIGHT  262 Why We Cannot Rely On Ourselves for Epistemic Improvement KRISTOFFER AHLSTROM-VIJ  276 4. Reasoning and Epistemic Norms Scope for Rational Autonomy MARK SCHROEDER  297 Why We Reason the Way We Do NISHI SHAH  311 Cognitive Diversity and Epistemic Norms JESSICA BROWN  326 Epistemic Commitments, Epistemic Agency and Practical Reasons MICHAEL P. LYNCH  343 The Rejection of Epistemic Consequentialism SELIM BERKER  363 What Is an Inference?   RAM NETA  388 Errata  408