Idealization in Epistemology: A Modest Modeling Approach Greco Daniel
Idealization in Epistemology: A Modest Modeling Approach Greco Daniel It's standard in epistemology to approach questions about knowledge and rational belief using idealized, simplified models. Greco…
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Idealization in Epistemology: A Modest Modeling Approach Greco Daniel
It's standard in epistemology to approach questions about knowledge and rational belief using idealized, simplified models. Greco argues that the fact that epistemologists build idealized models isn't merely a metaepistemological observation that can leave first-order epistemological debates untouched. But while the practice of constructing idealized models in epistemology is old, metaepistemological reflection on that practice is not.
Once one starts using epistemological categories like belief, knowledge, and confidence, the realm of idealization and model-building is entered. Rather, once we view epistemology through the lens of idealization and model-building, the landscape looks quite different.Constructing idealized models is likely the best epistemologists can do. We can object to a model of knowledge by pointing to a better model, but in the absence of a better model, the