The Epistemic Innocence of Irrational Beliefs

ISBN: 9780198863984 出版年：2020 页码：177 Bortolotti, Lisa Oxford University Press

Lisa Bortolotti argues that some irrational beliefs are epistemically innocent and deliver significant epistemic benefits that could not be easily attained otherwise. While the benefits of the irrational belief may not outweigh the costs, epistemic innocence helps to clarify the epistemic and psychological effects of irrational beliefs on agency.