ABSTRACT

This paper advertises the importance of distinguishing three different foundational projects about epistemic thought and talk, which we call “systematic normative epistemology”, “metaepistemology”, and “the conceptual ethics of epistemology”. We argue that these projects can be distinguished by their contrasting constitutive success conditions. This paper is motivated by the idea that the distinctions between these three projects matter for epistemological theorizing in ways that have been underappreciated in philosophical discussion. We claim that attention to the threefold distinction we advance allows us to better understand and evaluate existing views and debates in the field; identify and appreciate new or underexplored theoretical options in the field; and avoid important defects and ambiguities in our research on epistemic topics.

摘要

本文宣传了区分关于认识论思想和谈话的三个不同基础项目的重要性，我们称之为“系统规范认识论”、“元认识论”和“认识论的概念伦理学”。我们认为，这些项目可以通过它们对比的构成性成功条件来区分。这篇论文的动机是，这三个项目之间的区别对于认识论理论化很重要，但在哲学讨论中却没有得到充分重视。我们声称对我们提出的三重区别的关注使我们能够更好地理解和评估该领域的现有观点和辩论；识别和欣赏该领域新的或未充分探索的理论选择；避免我们对认知主题的研究中的重要缺陷和歧义。