Structural Reliabilism

1. Front Matter

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2. The Systems of Inductive Logic

   • Paweł Kawalec

   Pages 1-52

3. Inductive Logic as a Structural Reliabilist Theory of Justification

   • Paweł Kawalec

   Pages 53-106

4. Structural Reliabilism and the Problems of Bayesian Epistemology

   • Paweł Kawalec

   Pages 107-147

5. Conclusion

   • Paweł Kawalec

   Pages 149-152

6. Back Matter

   Pages 153-191

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Kawalec's monograph is a novel defence of the programme of inductive logic, developed initially by Rudolf Carnap in the 1950s and Jaakko Hintikka in the 1960s. It revives inductive logic by bringing out the underlying epistemology. The main strength of the work is its link between inductive logic and contemporary discussions of epistemology. Through this perspective the author succeeds to shed new light on the significance of inductive logic. The resulting structural reliabilist theory propounds the view that justification supervenes on syntactic and semantic properties of sentences as justification-bearers. The claim is made that this sets up a genuine alternative to the prevailing theories of justification. Kawalec substantiates this claim by confronting structural reliabilism with a number of epistemological problems. Kawalec writes in a clear manner, makes his theses and arguments explicit, and gives ample bibliographical references.

• Rudolf Carnap
• epistemological problem
• epistemology
• knowledge
• logic
• science

From the reviews:

"This monograph is a novel defense of the program of inductive logic, developed initially by Rudolf Carnap in the 1950s and Jaako Hintikka in the 1960s. … The main strength of the work is its link between inductive logic and contemporary discussions of epistemology. … He writes in a clear manner, makes his thesis and arguments explicit and gives ample bibliographical references." (International Journal of General Systems, Vol. 34 (3), 2005)

• The Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

  Paweł Kawalec

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