Seemings and Justification

New Essays on Dogmatism and Phenomenal Conservatism

AvTUCKER,Chris Tucker

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

You believe that there is a book (or a computer screen) in front of you because it seems visually that way. I believe that I ate cereal for breakfast because I seem to remember eating it for breakfast. And we believe that torturing for fun is morally wrong and that 2+2=4 because those claims seem intuitively obvious. In each of these cases, it is natural to think that our beliefs are not only based on a seeming, but also that they are justifiably based on these seemings-at least assuming there is no relevant counterevidence. These considerations have prompted many to endorse some version of dogmatism or phenomenal conservatism. These views hold that, in the absence of defeaters, a seeming that P provides justification to believe P. The main difference is that dogmatism is restricted to some domain, often perception, and phenomenal conservatism is intended to apply to all seemings. Critics worry that such views run into problems with traditional Bayesianism and that they are too permissive, in part because of their implications regarding cognitive penetration.The primary aim of this book is to understand how seemings relate to justification and whether some version of dogmatism or phenomenal conservatism can be sustained. In addition to addressing each of these issues, this volume also addresses a wide range of related topics, including intuitions, the nature of perceptual content, access internalism, and the epistemology of testimony and disagreement.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-09-19
Mått:236 x 163 x 38 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Academic
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780199899494

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Chris Tucker is an assistant professor at the College of William and Mary and has previously taught at the University of Auckland and Stonehill College. He earned his PhD from Purdue University and works primarily in epistemology, philosophy of religion, and ethics.

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Those who are interested in these topics should definitely read Tucker's book.

Innehållsförteckning

Contributors ; Chapter 1: Seemings and Justification: An Introduction - Chris Tucker ; Part I: Seemings and Seeming Reports ; Chapter 2: Seemings and Semantics - Andrew Cullison ; Chapter 3: Seeming Evidence - Earl Conee ; Part II: Foundations of Dogmatism ; Chapter 4: Immediate Justification, Perception and Intuition - Jessica Brown ; Chapter 5: Problems for Credulism - James Pryor ; Part III: Seemings and Epistemic Internalism ; Chapter 6: Does Phenomenal Conservatism Solve Internalism's Dilemma? - Matthias Steup ; Chapter 7: Phenomenal Conservatism and the Dilemma for Internalism - Michael Bergmann ; Part IV: The Significance of Seemings within Specific Domains ; Chapter 8: Doxastic Innocence: Phenomenal Conservatism and Grounds of Justification - Robert ; Audi ; Chapter 9: Agent Centeredness, Agent Neutrality, Disagreement, and Truth Conduciveness - Michael DePaul ; Part V: Dealing with Cognitive Penetration ; Chapter 10: Phenomenal Conservatism and Cognitive Penetration: the "Bad Basis" Counterexamples - Matthew McGrath ; Chapter 11: Searching for True Dogmatism - Peter J. Markie ; Chapter 12: Phenomenal Seemings and Sensible Dogmatism - Berit Brogaard ; Part VI: Phenomenal Conservatism ; Chapter 13: Phenomenal Conservatism and the Principle of Credulity - William G. Lycan ; Chapter 14: Michael Huemer and the Principle of Phenomenal Conservatism - Michael Tooley ; Chapter 15: Phenomenal Conservatism Uber Alles - Michael Huemer ; Index