Attas on Believing Falsehood Argument Reconstruction Paper

Attas on Believing Falsehood Argument Reconstruction Paper

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Attas on Believing Falsehood Argument Reconstruction Paper

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1. Begin with a brief summary, in your own words, of the argument.
2. Reconstruct the argument into a standard form: make sure your reconstruction is in your own words and valid

• For each line in your argument, note whether it is a premise or a conclusion. If it is a conclusion, indicate which premises it follows from.

1. Give a brief defense of each premise. You should aim for your defense for each premise to be a paragraph of text in length.
2. Deny one (1) premise: explicitly state which premise you deny and explain why you think it is false. Do not object to the conclusion of the argument.
3. Turn your own reasoning into a standard form argument. Make sure your reconstruction is valid, and that its conclusion is an explicit denial of the premise in question.
4. For each line in your argument, note whether it is a premise or a conclusion. If it is a conclusion, indicate which premises it follows from.
   1. Give a brief defense of each premise. You should aim for your defense for each premise to be a paragraph of text in length.
   2. Add a concluding paragraph where you address the following question: how would the proponent of the original argument respond to your counter-argument? Which premise would they deny, and how would they do so?

ATTAS ON BELIEVING FALSEHOODS

“Now it is generally the case that individuals prefer their beliefs to be true. It might seem, then, that one’s welfare, in the sense of preference satisfaction, is reduced when one’s belief is false. But I think that preference satisfaction is irrelevant to the agent’s welfare when the agent doesn’t know if his want has been satisfied or not. I want my great grand children to live in a healthier environment: will the actual facts to which I am necessarily ignorant make the slightest difference to my happiness today? Would not my belief that my descendants environment be healthier, unfounded though it may be, enhance my welfare? It is not merely the fact of my preference having been satisfied or frustrated that has an effect on my welfare. Rather, it is also the epistemic aspect of the matter: in my knowing that this is the case, and, in the absence of knowledge, in my believing that my preference has been satisfied. So, though a person may prefer to hold true beliefs, his holding false beliefs will not affect his welfare since he necessarily believes his false beliefs to be true.” (Attas, p. 53)