Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification write by Kevin McCain. This book was released on 2014-05-09. Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Evidentialism
Evidentialism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Evidentialism write by Earl Conee. This book was released on 2004. Evidentialism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Evidentialism is a theory of knowledge the essence of which is the traditional idea that the justification of factual knowledge is entirely a matter of evidence. The authors defend this theory, arguing evidentialism is an asset virtually everywhere in epistemology, from getting started to refuting skepticism.
Believing in Accordance with the Evidence
Believing in Accordance with the Evidence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Believing in Accordance with the Evidence write by Kevin McCain. This book was released on 2018-10-02. Believing in Accordance with the Evidence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume explores evidentialism, a major theory of epistemic justification. It contains more than 20 papers that examine its nuances, its challenges, as well as its future directions. Written by leading and up-and-coming epistemologists, the papers cover a wide array of topics related to evidentialism. The contributors present both sides of the theory: some are advocates of evidentialism, while others are critics. This provides readers with a comprehensive, and cutting-edge, understanding of this epistemic theory. Overall, the book is organized into six parts: The Nature of Evidence, Understanding Evidentialism, Problems for Evidentialism, Evidentialism and Social Epistemology, New Directions for Evidentialism, and Explanationist Evidentialism. Readers will find insightful discussion on such issues as the ontology of evidence, phenomenal dogmatism, how experiences yield evidence, the new evil demon problem, probability, norms of credibility, intellectual virtues, wisdom, epistemic justification, and more. This title provides authoritative coverage of evidentialism, from the latest developments to the most recent philosophical criticisms. It will appeal to researchers and graduate students searching for more information on this prominent epistemological theory.
Evidentialism and Its Discontents
Evidentialism and Its Discontents - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Evidentialism and Its Discontents write by Trent Dougherty. This book was released on 2011-08-25. Evidentialism and Its Discontents available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this ground-breaking book, leading epistemologists challenge and refine evidentialism, the view that epistemic justification for belief is determined solely by considerations pertaining to one's evidence. Earl Conee and Richard Feldman, the leading advocates of evidentialism, respond to each essay in this engaging and illuminating debate.
Beyond "justification"
Beyond "justification" - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond "justification" write by William P. Alston. This book was released on 2006. Beyond "justification" available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Much of the writing in Anglo-American epistemology in the twentieth century focused on the conditions for beliefs being "justified." In a book that seeks to shift the ground of debate within theory of knowledge, William P. Alston finds that the century-long search for a correct account of the nature and conditions of epistemic justification misses the point. Alston calls for that search to be suspended and for talk of epistemic justification to cease. He proposes instead an approach to the epistemology of belief that focuses on the evaluation of various "epistemic desiderata" that may be satisfied by beliefs.Alston finds that features of belief that are desirable for the goals of cognition include having an adequate basis, being formed in a reliable way, and coherence within bodies of belief. In Alston's view, a belief's being based on an adequate ground and its being formed in a reliable way, though often treated as competing accounts of justification, are virtually identical. Beyond "Justification" also contains discussions of fundamental questions about the epistemic status of principles and beliefs and appropriate responses to various kinds of skepticism.
