Is the Norm on Belief Evaluative? A Response to McHugh

Greenberg, Alexander; Cowie, Christopher

Abstract

We respond to Conor McHugh's claim that an evaluative account of the normative relation between belief and truth is preferable to a prescriptive account. We claim that his arguments fail to establish this. We then draw a more general sceptical conclusion: we take our arguments to put pressure on any attempt to show that an evaluative account will fare better than a prescriptive account. We briefly express scepticism about whether McHugh's more recent ‘fitting attitude’ account fares better.

Citation

Greenberg, A., & Cowie, C. (2016). Is the Norm on Belief Evaluative? A Response to McHugh. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1111/papq.12158

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Jul 11, 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Deposit Date: Sep 6, 2017
• Journal: Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
• Print ISSN: 0279-0750
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-0114
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/papq.12158