Overview
This book contains twelve original contributions from leading epistemologists, which connect the debate over epistemic dilemmas with fundamental issues in contemporary epistemology. In an epistemic dilemma, any doxastic response of an agent will violate an epistemic requirement. Recently, there has been a surge of interest in epistemic dilemmas. However, few attempts have been made to systematically connect epistemic dilemmas to a wider range of issues in epistemology and normative theorizing. The present volume begins to fill this lacuna. Some of its contributions explore new responses to epistemic dilemmas and others present novel epistemic dilemmas, which connect in interesting ways to other areas of epistemology. Several contributions discuss links between epistemic dilemmas and the nature of epistemic and practical reasons, investigate the nature of evidence or of doxastic attitudes, or explore dilemmas arising in collective or oppressive contexts. Epistemic Dilemmas and Epistemic Normativity will be of interest to scholars and graduate students working in epistemology, ethics, and social philosophy.
Full Product Details
Author: Eva Schmidt (TU Dortmund, Germany) ,
Martin Grajner
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.640kg
ISBN: 9781032970660
ISBN 10: 1032970669
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 12 February 2026
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
“The topic of epistemic dilemmas is one of the most exciting and important new themes to emerge in epistemology over the last ten to fifteen years. In this collection, Eva Schmidt and Martin Grajner have gathered together many of the philosophers that have done the most important and impressive work on epistemic dilemmas and related issues, to address some of the key unresolved questions that surround it. It promises to be essential reading for those interested in the topic and in epistemic rationality more generally.” — Alex Worsnip, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US. “This volume will be a locus classicus for epistemologists and philosophers of normativity interested in epistemic dilemmas, and also a valuable resource for others interested in dilemmas more generally. The volume combines the latest work by some of the best-known epistemologists who helped establish the topic with exciting new work from up-and-coming contributors. Its coverage is both broad and deep, featuring contributions in traditional, social, and zetetic epistemology, plus contributions from the wider perspective of philosophy of normativity.” — Kurt Sylvan, University of Southampton, UK. “This is the first volume to give epistemic dilemmas the sustained and systematic treatment they deserve. The contributions carefully selected by Eva Schmidt and Martin Grajner both probe whether epistemic dilemmas are possible and show how reflecting on them sheds light on some of the most central debates within epistemology. The outstanding and timely volume pushes the debate to a new level. It will shape the conversation for years to come and will be essential reading for anyone interested in the structure of epistemic normativity.” — Maria Lasonen, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Author Information
Eva Schmidt is a professor of theoretical philosophy at TU Dortmund. She works in epistemology, the philosophy of action, and philosophy of mind. She has published numerous articles on epistemic reasons and reasons for action, explainable artificial intelligence, and the epistemology and nature of perception. Eva Schmidt's book Modest Nonconceptualism: Epistemology, Phenomenology, and Content (2015) defends a nonconceptualist approach to perception. She is a co-editor of Wittgenstein and Beyond: Essays in Honour of Hans-Johann Glock (Routledge, 2023). Martin Grajner is a research fellow at TU Dortmund. Before TU Dortmund, he held academic appointments at TU Dresden and the University of Jena, and spent one year as a visiting fellow at New York University. His main areas of research are epistemology and metaphysics. He has published papers in journals like Philosophical Studies and Analytic Philosophy. Martin Grajner is a co-editor of Epistemic Norms, Reasons, and Goals (2016).
