Evidentialism Essays in Epistemology [Paperback]

Evidentialism is a theory of knowledge whose essence is the traditional idea that the justification of factual knowledge is entirely a matter of evidence. Earl Conee and Richard Feldman present the definitive exposition and defence of this much-contested theory. They argue that evidentialism is an asset virtually everywhere in epistemology, from getting started legitimately to refuting skepticism. The volume collects the authors' renowned work on the topic and adds substantial new material, making it the prime resource in evidentialism for all epistemologists.

Introduction
A. General Issues
1. First Things First,EC
2. The Basic Nature of Epistemic Justification,EC
3. Internalism Defended; Afterword,EC and RF
4. Evidentialism; Afterword,RF and EC
B. Critical Discussions
5. Authoritarian Epistemology,RF
6. The Generality Problem for Reliabilism,EC and RF
7. The Ethics of Belief,RF
C. Developments and Applications
8. The Justification of Introspective Beliefs,RF
9. Having Evidence; Afterword,RF
10. The Truth Connection; Afterword,EC
11. Heeding Misleading Evidence,EC
12. Making Sense of Skepticism,RF and EC

InEvidentialism,Conee and Feldman admirably and effectively defend a traditional epistemological view they call evidentialism from its externalist critics. They also take dead aim at externalism itself, claiming that its most well-known versions face insuperable difficulties...To describe the book as a mere collection of papers would be misleading. The papers are remarkably cohesive, focusing on common issues that lie at the heart of epistemology. To my way of thinking, the papers are also a model of philosophical writing. They are exceptionally clear, precise, and well-argued. One is never left wondering what the argument or view under consil“¡