Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy Series
Auteur : McCain Kevin
Evidentialism is a popular theory of epistemic justification, yet, as early proponents of the theory Earl Conee and Richard Feldman admit, there are many elements that must be developed before Evidentialism can provide a full account of epistemic justification, or well-founded belief. It is the aim of this book to provide the details that are lacking; here McCain moves past Evidentialism as a mere schema by putting forward and defending a full-fledged theory of epistemic justification. In this book McCain offers novel approaches to several elements of well-founded belief. Key among these are an original account of what it takes to have information as evidence, an account of epistemic support in terms of explanation, and a causal account of the basing relation (the relation that one's belief must bear to her evidence in order to be justified) that is far superior to previous accounts. The result is a fully developed Evidentialist account of well-founded belief.
1. Evidentialism 2. Evidence 3. Possessing Evidence 4. Evidential Fit 5. Basing a Belief on the Evidence 6. Explanationist Evidentialism 7. More Evidence to Gather
Kevin McCain is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Date de parution : 06-2014
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Date de parution : 03-2016
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epistemology; evidence; belief; fit; philosophy; Feldman; Conee; epistemic; WF; Propositional Justification; Scarlet Tanager; Epistemic Justification; Explanationist Evidentialism; External World Skepticism; Doxastic Account; Evidence Possession; Evidential Fit; Epistemic Support; Phenomenal Conservatism; Perihelion Precession; Fake Barn; Doxastic Justification; Earl Conee; Causal Deviancy; Interventionist Account; Explanationist Response; Dispositional Beliefs; Evil Demon Problem; Tickle Sensation; Skeptical Hypotheses; Beautiful Sunset; Causal Accounts; Golf Ball; Susan’s Belief