Original scientific paper

Action and Doxastic Control: The Asymmetry Thesis Revisited

Andrei A. Buckareff

Abstract

James Montmarquet has argued against the Asymmetry Thesis (AT): the doctrine that belief and action are asymmetrical with respect to direct voluntary control. Montmarquet’s case against AT is representative of a prominent line of reasoning found in the recent literature on doxastic voluntarism. In this essay I defend AT. I grant that Montmarquet was successful in his reply to reasons offered in defense of AT in his essay. However, the reasons considered by Montmarquet are not exhaustive. In this paper, I offer two more considerations not taken up by Montmarquet and not typically taken up in the more recent literature that are each sufficient to establish the truth of AT.

Keywords

doxastic voluntarism; action; belief; agency; epistemology

Hrčak ID:

93219

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/93219

Publication date:

28.4.2008.

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