Attitudes Beyond Belief: A Theory of Rational Non-Doxastic Attitude Formation and Evaluation
dc.contributor.author | Drucker, Daniel | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-31T18:20:03Z | |
dc.date.available | NO_RESTRICTION | |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-31T18:20:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/140910 | |
dc.description.abstract | I present and explore a normative theory of non-doxastic attitudes like desire, hatred, and admiration. The viewpoint is general and abstract: independent of any particular flavor or source of normativity, I explore general features any acceptable way of forming these attitudes would have, especially in contrast to doxastic attitudes like belief. The first three chapters present a relatively unified picture of non-doxastic attitude formation, grounded in types of non-doxastic attitudes we can have in contrast to their impossible doxastic analogues. In particular, I defend a kind of externalism; I apply it to a specific attitude, desire, to show how the approach works; and then based on a different aspect of the view, I present what I take to be some of the best ways to motivate the view, and some of the best ways to criticize it, as well. In the last chapter, I develop a theory about how these attitudes are best communicated, this time meant to capture how belief is best communicated, too, though it is inspired by certain features of non-doxastic attitudes. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.subject | Non-Doxastic Attitudes | |
dc.subject | Rationality | |
dc.title | Attitudes Beyond Belief: A Theory of Rational Non-Doxastic Attitude Formation and Evaluation | |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.thesisdegreename | PhD | en_US |
dc.description.thesisdegreediscipline | Philosophy | |
dc.description.thesisdegreegrantor | University of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies | |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Swanson, Eric Peter | |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Keshet, Ezra Russell | |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Moss, Sarah Swanson | |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Weatherson, Brian James | |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Philosophy | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Humanities | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/140910/1/druckerd_1.pdf | |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-6075-1170 | |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Drucker, Daniel; 0000-0001-6075-1170 | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Dissertations and Theses (Ph.D. and Master's) |
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