Evidentialism : essays in epistemology / Earl Conee and Richard Feldman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conee, Earl Brink, 1950- author.

Feldman, Richard, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Other Title:

Essays in epistemology

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents

Introduction

Part I. General Issues

1. First Things First (EC)

2. The Basic Nature of Epistemic Justification (EC)

3. Internalism Defended (EC & RF)

Afterword

4. Evidentialism (RF & EC)

Part II. Critical Discussions

5. Authoritarian Epistemology (RF)

6. The Generality Problem for Reliabilism (EC & RF)

7. The Ethics of Belief (RF)

Part III. Developments and Applications

8. The Justification of Introspective Beliefs (RF)

9. Having Evidence (RF)

10. The Truth Connection (EC)Afterword

11. Heeding Misleading Evidence (EC)

12. Making Sense of Skepticism (RF & EC).

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-314) and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-925373-0

1-281-92505-5

9786611925055

0-19-153110-3

OCLC:

57552165