Extremely demanding epistemic norms are sometimes inappro... — Carmelics

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Extremely demanding epistemic norms are sometimes inappropriate even if they can technically be satisfied

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1.Some norms are too demanding to be practically appropriate
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2.Appropriateness of a norm depends on more than mere satisfiability
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1.Epistemic norms derive their authority from truth-conduciveness, not from facts about human psychological comfort or social convenience.
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2.Deeming a satisfiable norm 'inappropriate' because it is demanding conflates the normative question of what we ought to believe with the descriptive question of what we typically do believe.
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3.Williamson's knowledge norm of assertion establishes that the threshold for epistemic propriety is fixed by the standard itself, not by the difficulty agents face in meeting it.
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