Locke’s Twilight of Probability - An Epistemology of Rational Assent

This book provides a systematic treatment of Locke's theory of probable assent. It shows how the theory applies to Locke's philosophy of science, moral epistemology, and religious epistemology.

List of contents

Introduction
1. Epistemic Modesty in a Twilight World
2. The Candle of Reason
3. Probability and Its Grounds
4. Reason’s Demand: Proportionate Assent
5. The Involuntariness of Assent

6.
Uncertain Science
7. The Elusive Knowledge of Morality
8. Faith as Rational Assent

About the author

Mark Boespflug is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Fort Lewis College. He is the author of a number of articles including "Locke on Testimony" (British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 2019) and "Why Reid is no Dogmatist" (Synthese, 2019). He completed his Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Colorado.

Summary

This book provides a systematic treatment of Locke’s theory of probable assent. It shows how the theory applies to Locke’s philosophy of science, moral epistemology, and religious epistemology.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Boespflug
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032293844
• ISBN: 978-1-032-29384-4
• No. of pages: 162
• Weight: 320 g
• Series: Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge