Blameworthy Belief

I can only strongly recommend Nikolaj Nottelmann s
book `Blameworthy Belief . It is the first book-length in-depth study of
epistemic deontologism and develops a conceptually rich, concise and inspiring
theory of epistemic blameworthiness. (Andrea Kruse, Erkenntnis, Vol. 80, 2015)

" Nikolaj Nottelmann' s Blameworthy Belief is unique in being an up-to-date monograph devoted entirely to the problem of a moral appraisal of beliefs and the closely related problem of deciding to believe (doxastic voluntarism and anti-voluntarism). It is argued that rational agents may be appropriate objects of deontic attitudes, in particular blameworthiness. Nottelmann thereby offers an original and in depth defence of the deontological conception of epistemic justification. Blameworthy Belief is bound to become a highly influential work and is of great interest not only to epistemologists, but also to philosophers of law and moral philosophers. " Heinrich Wansing, Professor of Philosophy of Science and Logic, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

" Nottelmann has nicely managed to weave accounts of competing views into his discussion, and so this book provides an excellent survey of the literature en route to the development of a sensible account of how we could be said to be responsible for believing various things, even though belief formation is not under our voluntary control. " John Heil, Professor of Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis, U. S. A. , and Monash University, Australia