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Mona Simion, "Resistance to Evidence" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

New Books in Psychology

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Exploring Epistemic Obligations and Dilemmas

This chapter dives into the concept of epistemic obligations, contrasting them with moral and practical obligations, and discusses the rarity of true epistemic dilemmas. It argues that permissions for belief imply corresponding obligations, and that the presence of a third option - suspension of belief, makes epistemic dilemmas less common than moral dilemmas.

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