Epistemic Partialism and Taking Our Friends Seriously

Cathy Mason*

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

Two doxastically significant demands of friendship have been discussed in recent literature, a demand to be epistemically partial and a demand to take our friends seriously. Though less discussed than epistemic partialism, I suggest that the demand to take our friends seriously is motivated by similar cases and considerations, and can avoid key objections to epistemic partialism that have been raised. I further suggest that it does justice to what we care about in friendship, and thus is to be preferred.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)233-243
Number of pages11
JournalAmerican Philosophical Quarterly
Volume61
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2024

Keywords

  • ethics of belief
  • friendship
  • partiality

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