Introduction

Abstract

In the introduction, the book is cast as a kind of self-help guide for readers interested in learning about truth-loving epistemic consequentialism, the view that the right belief is the one that overall best conduces to true belief and the lack of false belief. The introduction gives the reader an overview of how to think of the project of the book. It gives summary overviews of the main topics discussed. It highlights the naturalistic flavor of the main view defended in the book, which takes seriously the strengths and limitations of real human epistemic agents. It guides the reader as to which chapters they might want to focus on, and it concludes with acknowledgements.