Pragmatic Encroachment in Epistemology

Brian Kim received his PhD from Columbia University and is assistant professor of philosophy at Oklahoma State University. He works on issues at the intersection of epistemology and rational choice theory.Matthew McGrath received his PhD from Brown and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers and Professorial Fellow at Arché, the University of St. Andrews. Within epistemology, he has published on topics including pragmatic encroachment, perceptual and memorial justification. He is the author, with Jeremy Fantl, of Knowledge in an Uncertain World.

• 1. IntroductionBrian Kim and Matthew McGrath 2. Great Expectations: Belief and the Case for Pragmatic Encroachment Dorit Ganson3. Another Kind of Pragmatic EncroachmentKate Nolfi4. Pragmatic Encroachment and Practical ReasonsAnne Baril5. An Externalist Decision Theory for a Pragmatic EpistemologyBrian Kim6. Pragmatic Encroachment and Having ReasonsStewart Cohen7. Pragmatic Encroachment and ClosureCharity Anderson and John Hawthorne8. Pragmatic Encroachment on Scientific Knowledge?Mikkel Gerken9. Skepticism and EvolutionAngel Pinillos10. Deliberation and Pragmatic Belief\Brad Armendt11. Doxastic WrongingRima Basu and Mark Schroeder12. A Note on Knowledge-First Decision Theory and Practical AdequacyJuan Comesana

"This is a very welcome anthology with some excellent contributions. It has a good focus (neither too much spread nor too much overlap of topics). Everyone working on pragmatic encroachment or related topics will certainly want to read it." -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"Recent work in epistemology has blurred the conceptual line between the epistemic or theoretical, and the practical: knowledge and evidence have become tightly connected in normative ways to one’s practical interests and reasons for action. This volume is a welcome collection of new essays which explore this debate and take it in new directions." -- Matthew A. Benton, Seattle Pacific University