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Believable evidence / Velislava Mitova, University of Johannesburg.
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Mitova, Veli
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English
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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vii, 267 pages ; 24 cm
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BC171 .M63 2017
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Evidence
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Psychologism
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Belief and doubt
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Summary note
Believable Evidence' argues that evidence consists of true beliefs. This claim opens up an entirely overlooked space on the ontology of evidence map, between purely factualist positions (such as those of Williamson and Dancy) and purely psychologist ones (such as that of Conee and Feldman). Velislava Mitova provides a compelling three-level defence of this view in the first contemporary monograph entirely devoted to the ontology of evidence. First, once we see the evidence as a good reason, metaethical considerations show that the evidence must be psychological and veridical. Second, true belief in particular allows epistemologists to have everything they want from the concept of evidence. Finally, the view helps us locate the source of the normative authority of evidence. The book challenges a broad range of current views on the ontology of reasons and their normative authority, making it a must-read for scholars and advanced students in metaethics and epistemology.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-263) and index.
Contents
Part I. Solid metaethical foundations
The standard story
The beast of two burdens
Extreme psychologism about reasons
Truthy
Part II. Sound epistemological structure
Truthy psychologism
Truthy psychologism gives us everything we want
If E, then TB?
If TB, then E?
Part III. Fruitful metaepistemic soil
Who can tell us why to care about the evidence?
Truthy psychologism and the authority of evidence.
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ISBN
9781107188600 ((alk. paper))
1107188601 ((alk. paper))
LCCN
2017018292
OCLC
964928822
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40027280852
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