Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification
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Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification

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Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification

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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.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
ISBN
9781134698417
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Epistemology in Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1 Evidentialism
  9. 2 Evidence
  10. 3 Possessing Evidence
  11. 4 Evidential Fit
  12. 5 Basing a Belief on the Evidence
  13. 6 Explanationist Evidentialism
  14. 7 More Evidence to Gather
  15. References
  16. Index