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Epistemic Side Constraints and the Structure of Epistemic Normativity
Author(s) -
Silver Zachary
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the southern journal of philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2041-6962
pISSN - 0038-4283
DOI - 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2006.tb00007.x
Subject(s) - epistemology , argument (complex analysis) , rationality , constraint (computer aided design) , order (exchange) , philosophy , sociology , mathematics , economics , chemistry , biochemistry , geometry , finance
In this paper, I develop the notion of an epistemic side constraint in order to overcome one of the main challenges to a goal‐based approach to the structure of epistemic normativity. I argue that the rationale for such side constraints can be found in the work of John Locke and that his argument is best understood as the epistemic analog to David Gauthier's argument as to the rationality of being moral.