Believing in Accordance with the Evidence
New Essays on Evidentialism
Editors: McCain, Kevin (Ed.)
Free Preview- Details the latest developments and extensions of a prominent epistemological theory
- Includes new criticisms of evidentialism
- Features contributions by eminent epistemologists as well as up-and-coming researchers
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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Kevin McCain is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His research focuses on issues in epistemology and philosophy of science—particularly where these areas intersect. In addition to numerous journal articles, he has written two books: Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification (Routledge, 2014) and The Nature of Scientific Knowledge: An Explanatory Approach (Springer, 2016).
- Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Evidentialism: A Primer
Pages 1-4
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From Experience to Evidence: Sensory and Testimonial
Pages 7-21
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The Evidence in Evidentialism
Pages 23-37
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Seemings, Reasons, and Knowledge: A Defense of Phenomenal Conservatism
Pages 39-51
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Phenomenal Dogmatism, Seeming Evidentialism and Inferential Justification
Pages 53-67
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Believing in Accordance with the Evidence
- Book Subtitle
- New Essays on Evidentialism
- Editors
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- Kevin McCain
- Series Title
- Synthese Library
- Series Volume
- 398
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-95993-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-95993-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-95992-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-07123-3
- Series ISSN
- 0166-6991
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 395
- Number of Illustrations
- 3 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
- Topics
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