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Epistemic Entitlement

The Right to Believe

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  1. Hannes Ole Matthiessen
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Hannes Ole Matthiessen
    Pages 1-8

  3. The Right to Believe

    • Hannes Ole Matthiessen
    Pages 9-58

  4. The Social Character of Entitlements

    • Hannes Ole Matthiessen
    Pages 59-84

  5. A Default and Challenge Model of Perceptual Entitlement

    • Hannes Ole Matthiessen
    Pages 85-133

  6. Perceptual Knowledge

    • Hannes Ole Matthiessen
    Pages 134-158

  7. Perceptual Knowledge and the First-Person Perspective

    • Hannes Ole Matthiessen
    Pages 159-180

  8. Concluding Remarks

    • Hannes Ole Matthiessen
    Pages 181-187

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 188-206
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About this book

What entitles you to claims about your perceivable environment? Matthiessen suggests that it is neither your experience, nor the reliability of your cognitive processes, but rather your being in the right kind of perceptual situation.

About the author

Hannes Ole Matthiessen has studied and taught the subject of philosophy in Frankfurt am Main, Fribourg and Berlin. His interests include epistemology, the philosophy of perception and Early Modern Philosophy. He is currently working on Thomas Reid's geometry of visibles.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Epistemic Entitlement

  • Book Subtitle: The Right to Believe

  • Authors: Hannes Ole Matthiessen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137414984

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-41497-7Published: 21 November 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-49045-5Published: 01 January 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-41498-4Published: 09 November 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 206

  • Topics: Epistemology, Cognitive Psychology

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