Open AccessWeighting Surprise Parties: Some Problems for Schroeder
Author(s) -
Olle Risberg
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
utilitas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.451
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1741-6183
pISSN - 0953-8208
DOI - 10.1017/s0953820815000394
Subject(s) - surprise , normative , weighting , positive economics , epistemology , philosophy , psychology , law and economics , social psychology , sociology , economics , medicine , radiology
In this article I argue against Schroeder's account of the weight of normative reasons. It is shown that in certain cases an agent may have reasons she cannot know about without them ceasing to be reasons, and also reasons she cannot know about at all. Both possibilities are troubling for Schroeder's view
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