Vice and Knowledge

Quassim Cassam
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This chapter discusses the view, associated with David Hume and Saul Kripke, that the supposed epistemic vice of dogmatism can play a positive role in protecting our knowledge. It discusses Kripke’s dogmatism paradox and Kuhn’s view that dogmatism can play a positive role in normal science. This chapter argues that the supposed epistemic benefits of dogmatism have been greatly exaggerated and its epistemic drawbacks underestimated. The appropriate response to the claims of Holocaust deniers and other conspiracy theorists is not to avoid or ignore them but to rebut them. Knowers have responsibilities, including the responsibility not to dismiss challenges to their beliefs without good reason.
恶习与知识
本章讨论了与大卫·休谟和索尔·克里普克有关的观点,即假定的教条主义的认知缺陷可以在保护我们的知识方面发挥积极作用。论述了克里普克的教条主义悖论和库恩关于教条主义在常规科学中可以发挥积极作用的观点。本章认为,教条主义在认识论上的好处被大大夸大了,而它在认识论上的缺点被低估了。对大屠杀否认者和其他阴谋论者的说法的适当回应不是回避或忽视它们,而是反驳它们。知者有责任,包括不能在没有充分理由的情况下无视对他们信仰的挑战。
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