STICH ON CHARITY AND TRUTH

Authors

David A. Jensen, Brigham Young University
Dr. K. Codell Carter, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Stephen Stich, charity, truth, epistemology

College

Humanities

Department

Philosophy

Abstract

Stephen Stich argues in the Fragmentation of Reason for a pragmatic account of cognition; that is, our processes of how we acquire knowledge should be evaluated, he maintains, not on how well they produce true beliefs, but on how well they produce beliefs relevant to some pragmatic value (survival, happiness, and so forth). To put forth his pragmatic account, Stich first must debunk at least two mainstays of epistemology: charity and truth.

Recommended Citation

Jensen, David A. and Carter, Dr. K. Codell (2013) "STICH ON CHARITY AND TRUTH," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 958.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/958