REASONS to BELIEVE and REASONS to ACT

Stewart Cohen

doi:10.1017/epi.2016.22

REASONS to BELIEVE and REASONS to ACT

Stewart Cohen

Philosophy

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I consider the structural differences between reasons to believe and reasons to act. I argue that Mark Schroeder's project of providing a unified account of reasons to believe and reasons to act faces serious difficulties. I also investigate the difference between rational requirement and rational permission. While the difference between these notions in the case of action is a matter of the strength of one's reasons, I argue that in the case of belief, the difference depends on what one is attending to.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	427-438
Number of pages	12
Journal	Episteme
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/epi.2016.22
State	Published - Dec 1 2016

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