Dr Christopher Cowie's Outputs (3)

The Similarity Hypothesis in Metaethics (2018)
Book Chapter
Cowie, C. (2018). The Similarity Hypothesis in Metaethics. In J. Suikkanen, & A. Kauppinen (Eds.), Methodology and moral philosophy (127-147). Routledge

Constitutivism about Epistemic Normativity (2018)
Book Chapter
Cowie, C., & Greenberg, A. (2018). Constitutivism about Epistemic Normativity. In C. Kyriacou, & R. McKenna (Eds.), Metaepistemology : realism and anti-realism (173-196). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93369-6_8

According to constitutivists about epistemic normativity, epistemic normativity is explained by the nature of belief. Specifically, it is explained by the fact that, as a matter of conceptual necessity, belief stands in a normative relation to truth.... Read More about Constitutivism about Epistemic Normativity.

Companions in Guilt Arguments (2018)
Journal Article
Cowie, C. (2018). Companions in Guilt Arguments. Philosophy Compass, 13(11), Article e12528. https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12528

Arguments for some controversial positions in metaethics—typically moral scepticism or the moral error theory—are sometimes thought to overreach. They appear to entail sceptical or error‐theoretic views about non‐moral branches of thought in a sense... Read More about Companions in Guilt Arguments.