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. (2017). Is the Norm on Belief Evaluative? A Response to McHugh. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 98(S1), 128 - 145. https://doi.org/10.1111/papq.12158

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Jul 11, 2016
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Deposit Date: Sep 6, 2017
• Journal: Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
• Print ISSN: 0279-0750
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-0114
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 98
• Issue: S1
• Pages: 128 - 145
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/papq.12158
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1377055