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Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification Kevin McCain (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)

Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification By Kevin McCain (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)

Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification by Kevin McCain (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)


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In this book McCain moves past Evidentialism as a mere schema by putting forward and defending a full-fledged theory of epistemic justification, or well-founded belief

Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification Summary

Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification by Kevin McCain (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)

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 and Epistemic Justification Reviews

"For reasons that perplex me, Conee-Feldman style evidentialism is routinely misunderstood by critics. McCains excellent book therefore performs a great service to epistemologists: it provides not only the most complete Conee-Feldman style evidentialist theory available but also ample motivations for evidentialism in light of a great range of examples and challenges from the literature, all under one cover." Todd R. Long, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

About Kevin McCain (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)

Kevin McCain is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Table of Contents

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

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NPB9780415714822
9780415714822
0415714826
Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification by Kevin McCain (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2014-05-08
184
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