Avery Archer - Colloquim
Q: The Aim of Inquiry
Q, an instance of inquiring into Q? One answer is that information gathering/analysis qualifies as inquiring into Q if and only if it is undertaken with the aim of achieving knowledge. Call this the knowledge-aim view. A second is that information gathering/analysis qualifies as inquiring into Q if and only if it is undertaken with the aim of achieving a (justified) belief. Call this the belief-aim view. I argue that both the knowledge-aim and belief-aim views should be rejected in favour of what I call the epistemic-improvement view. According to the epistemic-improvement view, information gathering/analysis qualifies as inquiring into Q if and only if it is undertaken in order to improve one's epistemic standing with respect to the answer to Q.
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