Explanatory Obligations

被引：1

作者：

Khalifa, Kareem ^{[1
]}

Millson, Jared ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Middlebury Coll, Philosophy, Middlebury, VT 05753 USA

[2] Agnes Scott Coll, Philosophy, Decatur, GA 30030 USA

来源：

EPISTEME-A JOURNAL OF INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY | 2020年 / 17卷 / 03期

关键词：

Explanation; need for explanation; why-questions; role-responsibilities; social norms;

D O I：

10.1017/epi.2019.55

中图分类号：

B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ;

摘要：

In this paper, we argue that a person is obligated to explain whypjust in case she has a role-responsibility to answer the question "Whyp?". This entails that the normative force of explanatory obligations is fundamentally social. We contrast our view with other accounts of explanatory obligations or the so-called "need for explanation," in which the aforementioned normative force is epistemic, determined by an inquirer's interests, or a combination thereof. We argue that our account outperforms these alternatives.

引用

页码：384 / 401

页数：18

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