Hedging and the Norm of Belief

Christopher Willard-Kyle; Peter van Elswyk

doi:10.1080/00048402.2024.2379258

Hedging and the Norm of Belief

Christopher Willard-Kyle
, Peter van Elswyk

Philosophy

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We argue that knowledge is not the norm of belief given that 'I believe' is used to hedge. We explore the consequences of this argument for the normative relationship between belief and assertion.

Idioma original	English
Páginas (desde-hasta)	718-739
Número de páginas	22
Publicación	Australasian Journal of Philosophy
Volumen	103
N.º	3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2024.2379258
Estado	Published - 2025

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