Between Probability and Certainty: What Justifies Belief
Oxford University Press UK (2016)
Abstract
This book explores a question central to philosophy--namely, what does it take for a belief to be justified or rational? According to a widespread view, whether one has justification for believing a proposition is determined by how probable that proposition is, given one's evidence. In this book this view is rejected and replaced with another: in order for one to have justification for believing a proposition, one's evidence must normically support it--roughly, one's evidence must make the falsity of that proposition abnormal in the sense of calling for special, independent explanation. This conception of justification bears upon a range of topics in epistemology and beyond. Ultimately, this way of looking at justification guides us to a new, unfamiliar picture of how we should respond to our evidence and manage our own fallibility. This picture is developed here.
Keywords
Categories
ISBN(s)
9780198755333 0198755333
PhilPapers/Archive ID
SMIBPA-3
Upload history
Added to PP index
2015-10-14
Total views
2,703 ( #1,356 of 69,960 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
221 ( #2,335 of 69,960 )
2015-10-14
Total views
2,703 ( #1,356 of 69,960 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
221 ( #2,335 of 69,960 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads since first upload
This graph includes both downloads from PhilArchive and clicks on external links on PhilPapers.