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Epistemic Rationality as Instrumental Rationality: A Critique

Thomas Kelly

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My aim in this paper is to explore the relationship between epistemic ration-ality and instrumental rationality. By epistemic rationality, I mean, roughly, the kind of rationality which one displays when one believes propositions that are strongly supported by one's evidence and refrains from believing

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My aim in this paper is to explore the relationship between epistemic ration-ality and instrumental rationality. By epistemic rationality, I mean, roughly, the kind of rationality which one displays when one believes propositions that are strongly supported by one's evidence and refrains from believing

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My aim in this paper is to explore the relationship between epistemic ration-ality and instrumental rationality. By epistemic rationality, I mean, roughly, the kind of rationality which one displays when one believes propositions that are strongly supported by one's evidence and refrains from believing

Key concepts: Rationality, Epistemology, Philosophy, Citation, Philosophy of science, Sociology, Computer science, Library science

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