An Essay on Belief and Acceptance - L. Jonathan Cohen.
An essay on belief and acceptance by L. Jonathan Cohen; 1 edition; First published in 1995; Subjects: Theory of Knowledge, Belief and doubt, Philosophy of mind, Cognition.
He seeks to counter the widespread tendency for analytic epistemology to be dominated by the concept of belief. Is scientific knowledge properly conceived as being embodied, at its best, in a passive feeling of belief or in an active policy of acceptance?
The author explores the often overlooked tension between voluntariness and involuntariness in human cognition. He seeks to counter the widespread tendency for analytic epistemology to be dominated by the concept of belief. Cognition.; Knowledge, Theory of.; Theory of Knowledge.
An essay on belief and acceptance. (L Jonathan Cohen) Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts. Cohen's book is well written and well organized, with particularly useful chapter summaries. It contains interesting, worthwhile, and wideranging discussion.
Another book, Belief and Acceptance (1992), examined the bases of people's assumptions. In all, Jonathan Cohen believed in the fundamental validity of human reasoning, even if it could never attain absolute perfection. Honours ( edit ) He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1973.
Epistemic Virtue and Acceptance in Legal Fact-Finding. Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to outline the way in which an epistemic virtue approach can be used to address epistemological issues in law.. An Essay on Belief and Acceptance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. COHEN, L. Belief and Acceptance. Mind, vol. 98, n. 39, p. 367.
CiteSeerX - Document Details (Isaac Councill, Lee Giles, Pradeep Teregowda): This article evaluates the scientific credentials of a distinction that is frequently endorsed by scientists who study human reasoning, between so-called “System 1 ” and “System 2”. The paper argues that one aspect of what is generally intended by this distinction is real.