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Seemings and Epistemic Justification

Luca Moretti
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      This book examines phenomenal conservatism, one of the most influential and promising internalist conceptions of non-inferential justification debated in current epistemology and philosophy of mind. It also explores the significance of the findings of this examination for the general debate on epistemic justification. According to phenomenal conservatism, non-inferential justification rests on seemings or appearances, conceived of as experiences provided with propositional content. Phenomenal conservatism states that if it appears to S that P, in the absence of defeaters, S thereby has some justification for believing that P. This view provides the basis for foundationalism and many ordinary epistemic practices.This book sheds new light on phenomenal conservatism by assessing objections to it and examining epistemological merits and advantages attributed to it. In a nutshell, phenomenal conservatism is actually compatible with Bayesian reasoning, and it is unaffected by bootstrapping problems and challenges that appeal to the cognitive penetrability of perception. Nevertheless, appearance-based justification proves unstable or elusive and its anti-septical bite is more limited than expected. These difficulties could be surmounted if phenomenal conservatism were integrated with a theory of inferential justification. The book appeals to scholars and postgraduates in the field of epistemology and philosophy of mind who are interested in the rational roles of appearances.   
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Luca Moretti EAN: 9783030433918 COUNTRY: Switzerland PAGES: WEIGHT: 454 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Springer Nature Switzerland AG DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-03-10 CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Reference, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects WIDTH: 155 cm SPINE:

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      Philosophy of language, Philosophy of science, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Philosophy of mind

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      Luca Moretti is a Reader at the University of Aberdeen’s Department of Philosophy and a Visiting Professor at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy. He holds an MLitt in Logic & Metaphysics from St Andrews and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from King's College London. His research areas include epistemology and metaphysics, and he has substantively contributed to the debates on Bayesian coherentism, transmission and failure of transmission of justification, and phenomenal conservatism. Moretti has published articles in various journals, including Analysis, Philosophical Studies, and Philosophy of Science.  
      This book examines phenomenal conservatism, one of the most influential and promising internalist conceptions of non-inferential justification debated in current epistemology and philosophy of mind. It also explores the significance of the findings of this examination for the general debate on epistemic justification. According to phenomenal conservatism, non-inferential justification rests on seemings or appearances, conceived of as experiences provided with propositional content. Phenomenal conservatism states that if it appears to S that P, in the absence of defeaters, S thereby has some justification for believing that P. This view provides the basis for foundationalism and many ordinary epistemic practices.This book sheds new light on phenomenal conservatism by assessing objections to it and examining epistemological merits and advantages attributed to it. In a nutshell, phenomenal conservatism is actually compatible with Bayesian reasoning, and it is unaffected by bootstrapping problems and challenges that appeal to the cognitive penetrability of perception. Nevertheless, appearance-based justification proves unstable or elusive and its anti-septical bite is more limited than expected. These difficulties could be surmounted if phenomenal conservatism were integrated with a theory of inferential justification. The book appeals to scholars and postgraduates in the field of epistemology and philosophy of mind who are interested in the rational roles of appearances.   
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Luca Moretti EAN: 9783030433918 COUNTRY: Switzerland PAGES: WEIGHT: 454 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Springer Nature Switzerland AG DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-03-10 CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Reference, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects WIDTH: 155 cm SPINE:

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      Philosophy of language, Philosophy of science, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Philosophy of mind

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      Luca Moretti is a Reader at the University of Aberdeen’s Department of Philosophy and a Visiting Professor at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy. He holds an MLitt in Logic & Metaphysics from St Andrews and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from King's College London. His research areas include epistemology and metaphysics, and he has substantively contributed to the debates on Bayesian coherentism, transmission and failure of transmission of justification, and phenomenal conservatism. Moretti has published articles in various journals, including Analysis, Philosophical Studies, and Philosophy of Science.  

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