Blameworthy Belief Without Control. The Case of Fake News Consumption
Tommaso Piazza (University of Pavia, LanCog)

18 February 2022, 16:00 (Lisbon Time – GMT) | Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia)

Abstract: Does it ever make sense to contend that one should have believed otherwise than one does? If so, under what conditions can one be so criticized, in particular from an epistemic point of view? First aim of this talk is to propose an answer to these questions by defending an account of doxastic blameworthiness which is consistent with B. Williams’ claim that one cannot believe at will. Second aim of this talk is to apply this account to a concrete case, and to argue, against B. Millar (2019), that at least ordinary social media users can sometimes be criticized for consuming fake news.

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