{"product_id":"epistemic-instrumentalism-explained-nathaniel-p-sharadin-9780367558802","title":"Epistemic Instrumentalism Explained","description":"\u003cp\u003eDo epistemic requirements vary along with facts about what promotes agents' well-being? Epistemic instrumentalists say 'yes', and thereby earn a lot of contempt. This contempt is a mistake on two counts. First, it is incorrectly based: the reasons typically given for it are misguided. Second, it fails to distinguish between \u003ci\u003efirst- \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003esecond\u003c\/i\u003e-order epistemic instrumentalism; and, it happens, only the former is contemptible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Nathaniel P. Sharadin argues for rejecting epistemic instrumentalism as a first-order view not because it suffers extensional failures, but because it suffers explanatory ones. By contrast, he argues that epistemic instrumentalism offers a natural, straightforward explanation of why being epistemically correct matters. What emerges is a second-order instrumentalist explanation for　epistemic authority that is neutral between competing first-order epistemic theories. This neutrality is an advantage. But, drawing on work from cognitive science and psychology, Sharadin argues that instrumentalists can abandon that neutrality in order to adopt a view he calls epistemic ecologism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEpistemic Instrumentalism Explained\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in epistemology, ethics, and philosophy of mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nathaniel P. Sharadin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367558807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367558802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Nathaniel P. Sharadin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072264564991,"sku":"9780367558802","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46938a30-a5dc-4089-bf5b-73f7a26d811b.jpg?v=1685440923","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/epistemic-instrumentalism-explained-nathaniel-p-sharadin-9780367558802","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}