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  • Chapter 4 - The Questioning-Attitude Account of Agnosticism

  • Avery Archer, George Washington University, Washington DC
  • Book:
    The Attitude of Agnosticism
    Published online:
    14 March 2024
    Print publication:
    21 March 2024, pp 59-82

  • Summary

    In this chapter, I advance a non-reductive, proposition-directed, sui generis account of agnosticism called the questioning-attitude account. The questioning-attitude account is non-reductive because it denies that agnosticism is reducible to other mental states like belief, desire, or intention. It is a proposition-directed account because it holds that the object of agnosticism is a proposition, as opposed to a question or another mental state. It is a sui generis account because it holds that unlike belief, which involves an affirming stance towards a proposition, or disbelief, which involves a denying stance towards a proposition, agnosticism involves a distinct questioning stance towards a proposition.