Well-founded belief : new essays on the epistemic basing relation / edited by J. Adam Carter and Patrick Bondy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carter, J. Adam, 1980- editor.

Bondy, Patrick, editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in epistemology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epistemics.

Evidence.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

vi, 330 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"Epistemological theories of knowledge and justification draw a crucial distinction between one's simply having good reasons for some belief, and one's actually basing one's belief on good reasons. While the most natural kind of account of basing is causal in nature-a belief is based on a reason if and only if the belief is properly caused by the reason-there is hardly any widely-accepted, counterexample-free account of the basing relation among contemporary epistemologists. Further inquiry into the nature of the basing relation is therefore of paramount importance for epistemology. Without an acceptable account of the basing relation, epistemological theories remain both crucially incomplete and vulnerable to errors that can arise when authors assume an implausible view of what it takes for beliefs to be held on the basis of reasons. Well-Founded Belief brings together seventeen essays written by leading epistemologists to explore this important topic in greater detail. The collection is divided thematically to cover a wide range of issues related to the epistemic basic relation. The first section of essays covers the nature of the basing relation and attempts to articulate defensible accounts of what it takes to believe on the basis of a reason. Section II explores the kind of things that can be reasons on the basis of which we hold beliefs. Finally, the last section addresses the basing relation as it bears on particular problems in epistemology, such as skepticism, the analysis of knowledge, and the contingencies of our epistemic upbringing"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A doxastic-causal theory of epistemic basing / Ru Ye

All evidential basing is phenomenal basing / Andrew Moon

Dispositions and the problem of the basing relation / Hamid Vahid

The many ways of the basing relation / Luca Moretti, Tommaso Piazza

Reasons and basing in commonsense epistemology : evidence from two experiments / John Turri

Inference and the basing relation / Keith Allen Korcz

The superstitious lawyer's inference / Patrick Bondy, J. Adam Carter

Prime time (for the basing relation) / Errol Lord, Kurt Sylvan

Hermeneutical injustice as basing failure / Mona Simion

Agency and the basing relation / Ram Neta

Epistemic conservatism and the basing relation / Kevin McCain

Can beliefs be based on practical reasons? / Miriam Schleifer McCormick

Epistemological disjunctivism and factive bases for belief / Duncan Pritchard

From epistemic basing to epistemic grounding / Jesper Kallestrup

Well-founded belief and the contingencies of epistemic location / Guy Axtell

The epistemic basing relation, and knowledge-that as knowledge-how / Stephen Hetherington.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Well-founded belief

ISBN:

9781138503755

1138503754

OCLC:

1121289742