Equilibrism in Metaphilosophy

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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvLászló Kocsis,János Tőzsér,János Tőzsér,Janos Tozser,Laszlo Kocsis

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This volume presents new perspectives on the metaphilosophical view of equilibrism. It features original contributions from leading epistemologists who specialize in metaphilosophical issues.Philosophers have always been interested in the true nature and ultimate goals of their own enterprise. Equilibrism is a new and increasingly popular metaphilosophical vision that offers an alternative to views that are intoxicatingly optimistic or depressingly pessimistic about the purpose of philosophy. According to equilibrism, philosophers are to develop theories that are in harmony or equilibrium with their own pre-philosophical convictions. Collectively, philosophy aims at populating the logical space with consistent philosophical theories, or stable equilibria. The chapters in this volume address, among others, the following questions: Can we really settle for a more modest goal than the intellectual maintenance of our respective philosophical beliefs (equilibria)? Does the intellectual maintenance of our own equilibria really entitle us to rationally hold on to their truth? If we are sympathetic to equilibrism, what doxastic attitude should we adopt towards the propositions featuring in the equilibria we develop? Are all our beliefs that we have turned into an equilibrium equally firm? To what extent should we care about or respect our commonsensical opinions in philosophical theorizing?Equilibrism in Metaphilosophy will appeal to scholars and graduate students interested in metaphilosophy, the epistemology of philosophy, philosophical methodology, the ethics of belief, and metaphilosophical skepticism.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-05-26
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Antal sidor358
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032843773

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László Kocsis is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pécs, Hungary. His research interests lie in analytic metaphysics, philosophy of science, history of analytic philosophy, epistemology, and theories of truth. He is the co-editor of Wilfrid Sellars’ Images and the Philosophy in Between: Nature and Norm in a Stereoscopic View.János Tőzsér is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities in Budapest, Hungary. His main research interests include philosophy of mind, epistemology, and metaphilosophy. He is the author of The Failure of Philosophical Knowledge (2023).

Introduction: What is Metaphilosophical Equilibrism? László Kocsis and János Tőzsér PART I. Disagreement 1. Equilibrism and the Argument from Disagreement Insa Lawler 2. The Metaphilosophical Problem of the Criterion, Equilibrism, and the Problem of Disappointment Scott Aikin 3. A New Disagreement Challenge: Deep Disagreements and Philosophy Victoria Lavorerio 4. Philosophy and the Egocentric Perspective Richard Fumerton PART II. Beliefs 5. Knockdown Arguments for Philosophically Substantive Conclusions Bryan Frances 6. Pyrrhonian Equilibrism László Bernáth and János Tőzsér 7. Pragmatism about Philosophical Belief Chris Ranalli 8. Ontology and Acceptance Ted Parent 9. The Instability of Equilibrism and the Need for Support Tamás Paár PART III. Commonsense 10. Wittgenstein’s Commonsense Radicalism Duncan Pritchard 11. Philosophy and Common-Sense Noah Lemos 12. Balancing Beliefs: Lewis on the Role of Commonsense in Philosophical Theorizing László Kocsis Part IV. Perspectives 13. What is Philosophical Progress? An Equilibrium-based Pluralist Account Jie Gao 14. Overfitting or Extensional Adequacy? The Case of Morally Pregnant Cases in Epistemology Mona Simion and Harmen Ghijsen 15. Equilibrism and Ethics Folke Tersman 16. Metaequilibrism: Embracing a Diversity of Aims for Philosophy Graham Bex-Priestley.