Being Rational and Being Right

Juan Comesaña (Professor, Professor, Rutgers University)

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English

Oxford University Press
18 May 2023

Decision theory: general; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Ethics & moral philosophy

In Being Rational and Being Right, Juan Comesaña argues for a cluster of theses related to the rationality of action and belief. His starting point is that rational action requires rational belief but tolerates false belief. From there, Comesaña provides a novel account of empirical evidence according to which said evidence consists of the content of undefeated experiences. This view, which Comesaña calls Experientialism, differs from the two main views of empirical evidence on offer nowadays: Factualism, according to which our evidence is what we know, and Psychologism, according to which our experiences themselves are evidence. He reasons that Experientialism fares better than these rival views in explaining different features of rational belief and action. Comesaña embeds this discussion in a Bayesian framework, and discusses in addition the problem of normative requirements, the easy knowledge problem, and how Experientialism compares to forms of evidentialism and reliabilism.

By: Juan Comesaña (Professor Professor Rutgers University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 354g
ISBN: 9780198878711
ISBN 10: 0198878710
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 18 May 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Juan Comesaña is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has taught at the University of Wisconsin and at the University of Arizona and is the co-author of Skepticism: The Basics (Routledge, 2022). He works mainly in epistemology, though he is also interested in metaphysics and metaethics.

Reviews for Being Rational and Being Right

Being Rational and Being Right is a fantastic book, very well argued, and extremely rich * Mona Simion, Mind * Comesaña's defense of Experientialism is rich and provocative, and worthy of detailed study. * John Hawthorne, Philosophical Studies * Being Rational and Being Right ... is a tour de force defense of a simple truth that has become altogether too mysterious to philosophers, and it defends it without falling into any of the central traps into which its opponents so commonly associate this truth's defenders * Mark Schroeder, Philosophical Studies *