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The epistemology of desire and the problem of nihilism /

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This text is about the idea that goodness is the correctness condition for desire, in the same way that truth is the correctness condition for belief. Allan Hazlett argues that, given this similarity between desire and belief, desires, like beliefs, can both amount to knowledge and be justified or u...

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Main Author: Hazlett, Allan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Nihilism (Philosophy)
Desire (Philosophy)
Nihilisme.
Désir (Philosophie)
nihilism.
Epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY.
Mind & Body.
Philosophy.
desire, nihilism about value, subjectivism, moral skepticism, moral error theory, accuracy, rationality, Hume, Anscombe, propositional attitudes
Electronic books.
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Summary:This text is about the idea that goodness is the correctness condition for desire, in the same way that truth is the correctness condition for belief. Allan Hazlett argues that, given this similarity between desire and belief, desires, like beliefs, can both amount to knowledge and be justified or unjustified.
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2024.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191995583
0191995584