Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology The Case for Science Without Norms

Jonathan Knowles argues against theories that seek to provide specific norms for the formation of belief on the basis of empirical sources: the project ofnaturalized epistemology. He argues that such norms are either not genuinely normative for belief, or are not required for optimal belief formation. An exhaustive classification of such theories is motivated and each variety is discussed in turn. He distinguishes naturalized epistemology from the less committal idea ofnaturalism, which provides a sense in which we can achieve epistemic normativity without norms.Knowles, Jonathan is the author of 'Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology The Case for Science Without Norms' with ISBN 9781403902870 and ISBN 1403902879.