Trust’s meno problem: Can the doxastic view account for the value of trust?

The doxastic view (DV) of trust maintains that essentially involves belief. In a recent paper, Arnon Keren (Citation2020) gestures toward new objection to the view, labeled Trust’s Meno Problem (TMP), which calls into question DV’s ability explain widely held intuition has distinct and indispensable value. As yet, there been no attempt take up TMP on behalf DV. This paper aims fill precisely this lacuna. I do so in three main stages. §1 contextualize elucidate problem, but does not address detail. §2 disambiguate multiple possible interpretations TMP, seeking identify most philosophically challenging. Finally, §3, argue DV can solve even interpretation. order so, make use ofthe highly plausible claim we find work Katherine Hawley (Citation2012, 2019): pays compliment trustee. payoffs exploring context are twofold: better understand nature problem itself, see give satisfying answer.