True Beliefs and Intentional Actions: Revisiting Gettier’s and Chisholm’s Arguments
Issue: • Author/s: Caterina Di Maio
Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of action, Philosophy of language, Philosophy of mind
This paper explores the structural parallels between Gettier’s challenge to the justified true belief account of knowledge and Chisholm’s problem of wayward causal chains in action theory. Despite their distinct domains, both issues highlight the necessity of an adequate connection between explanation, justification, and outcome. Based on this analysis, this paper argues that the distinction between theoretical and practical rationality is less rigid than traditionally assumed. The paper further contends that, while a solution to the issue of wayward causal chains can at least be hypothesized, previous analyses have primarily…