Blindspots and brightspots for alethic pluralism

Alethic pluralists often claim that truth is not only relevant to normative evaluations, but inherently normative. I raise a problem for such versions of pluralism, based on the dual phenomena of “blindspots” and “brightspots.” If truth is inherently a kind of fitness for belief, then all true propo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Synthese (Dordrecht) 2023-09, Vol.202 (4), p.102, Article 102
1. Verfasser: Wrenn, Chase B.
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Zusammenfassung:Alethic pluralists often claim that truth is not only relevant to normative evaluations, but inherently normative. I raise a problem for such versions of pluralism, based on the dual phenomena of “blindspots” and “brightspots.” If truth is inherently a kind of fitness for belief, then all true propositions should be fit for belief, and no false ones should be. Blindspots, however, are true propositions that can’t be the content of true beliefs. I argue that they aren’t fit for belief. Similarly, brightspots are false propositions that can’t be the contents of false beliefs. They are fit for belief. I also consider some moves alethic pluralists might make to avoid the problem.
ISSN:1573-0964
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1573-0964
DOI:10.1007/s11229-023-04320-1