The Attitude of Agnosticism

Cover
Half-title
Title page
Imprints page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
	1.1 Overview
	1.2 Chapter Descriptions
	1.3 A Unique Perspective
Chapter 2 Criteria for a Satisfactory Account of Agnosticism
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Non-Belief and Friedman's Criteria
	2.3 The Possibility of Doxastic Inconsistency
	2.4 Examples of Doxastic Inconsistency
	2.5 Alternatives to the Inconsistent Attitudes Explanation
	2.6 Agnosticism-Involving Doxastic Inconsistency
	2.7 The Impossibility of Agnosticism-Involving Inconsistency
	2.8 Attitudinal Accounts and Wagner's Criteria
	2.9 Conclusion
Chapter 3 Competing Attitudinal Accounts of Agnosticism
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Russell's Metacognitive Account
	3.3 Crawford's Metacognitive Account
	3.4 Masny's Metacognitive Account
	3.5 Raleigh's Metacognitive Account
	3.6 Wagner's Endorsed-Indecision Account
	3.7 Friedman's Sui Generis Account
	3.8 Conclusion
Chapter 4 The Questioning-Attitude Account of Agnosticism
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Defining Key Terms
	4.3 Agnosticism as Question-Directed
	4.4 Agnosticism as Proposition-Directed
	4.5 Agnosticism Attitude-Ascriptions
	4.6 Agnosticism as Sui Generis
	4.7 Applying the Seven Criteria
	4.8 Conclusion
Chapter 5 Agnosticism and the Inquiring State of Mind
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Defining Inquiry
	5.3 The Inquiry-Entails-Agnosticism Thesis
	5.4 The Agnosticism-Entails-Inquiry Thesis
	5.5 The Unanswerable Questions Objection
	5.6 My Argument against the Descriptive Thesis
	5.7 My Argument against the Normative Thesis
	5.8 Conclusion
Chapter 6 The Act-Attitude Account of Doxastic Neutrality
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 McGrath's Tripartite Account of Neutrality
	6.3 The Mongrel Concept Objection
	6.4 Negative versus Positive Neutrality
	6.5 Interrogative and Anti-interrogative Attitudes
	6.6 Conclusion
Chapter 7 On the Non-existence of Practical Agnosticism
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 The Appropriateness Norms for Belief
	7.3 The Appropriateness Norms for Intention
	7.4 Agnosticism, Picking, and Buridan's Ass
	7.5 Is Indifference Practical Agnosticism?
	7.6 Agnosticism, Acceptance, and the Truth-Aim
	7.7 Conclusion
Chapter 8 Agnosticism and Pragmatic Reasons
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 Agnosticism and Transparency
	8.3 Agnosticism and Pragmatic Considerations
	8.4 Schroeder's Belief Sufficiency Principle
	8.5 Agnosticism and Evidentialism
	8.6 Conclusion
Chapter 9 Agnosticism, Permissivism, and Peer Disagreement
	9.1 Introduction
	9.2 Agnosticism-Involving Permissivism
	9.3 Nickel's Argument for Permissivism
	9.4 Objections to Permissivism
	9.5 The Requirements for Epistemic Peerhood
	9.6 An Argument for the Agnostic Response
	9.7 Palmira's Objection to the Agnostic Response
	9.8 Conclusion
Chapter 10 Conclusion
	10.1 Agnosticism as Sui Generis Attitude
	10.2 Agnosticism's Rational Appropriateness
	10.3 Giving Agnosticism Its Due
References
Index