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Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification

By Kevin McCain

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
ISBN
978-1138657335
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
260 kB (266646 bytes)
Series
Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Pages
0\0
Time added
2016-07-04 23:11:17
Evidentialism Evidence Epistemic Justification Kno

Description

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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