A puzzle about voluntarism about rational epistemic stances

Synthese

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-48

  Chakravartty, Anjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Philosophical progress; Relativism; Scientific progress; Stances; Values; Voluntarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650211078     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9516-x     Document Type: Article

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