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EPISTEMIC NORMS, THE FALSE BELIEF REQUIREMENT, AND LOVE (pages 289-309)

J. Spencer ATKINS ABSTRACT: Many authors have argued that epistemic rationality sometimes comes into conflict with our relationships. Although Sarah Stroud and Simon Keller argue that friendships sometimes require bad epistemic agency, their proposals do not go far enough. I argue here for a more radical claim—romantic love sometimes requires we form beliefs that are false. Lovers stand in a …

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