A Luxury of the Understanding: On the Value of True Belief

Allan Hazlett Challenges The Philosophical Assumption Of The Value Of True Belief. He Critiques The View That True Belief Is Better For Us Than False Belief, And The View That Truth Is 'the Aim Of Belief'. An Alternative Picture Is Provided, On Which The Fact That Some People Love Truth Is All There Is To 'the Value Of True Belief'. Two Ancient Ideas -- Greatness Of Mind -- Partiality And Charity -- True Belief As A Non-ideal Good -- The Problem Of The Source Of Epistemic Normativity -- Humean Approaches -- Darwinian Approaches -- Kantian Approaches -- Anti-realism About Epistemic Normativity -- Epilogue. Allan Hazlett. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [279]-296) And Index.