Seemings and the Foundations of Justification - A Defense of Phenomenal Conservatism

All justified beliefs ultimately rest on attitudes that are immediately justified. This book illuminates the nature of immediate justification and the states that provide it. Simply put, immediate justification arises from how things appear to us--from all and only our "seemings."

List of contents

Introduction 1. Classical Deontologism 2. Immediate Justification and Seemings Foundationalism 3. Some Objections to Phenomenal Conservatism 4. What Are Seemings? 5. Foundationalism Defended 6. The Case for Seemings Exclusivism 7. Against Epistemic Conservatism 8. A Reidian Argument for Phenomenal Conservatism, Part I: Some Seemings 9. A Reidian Argument for Phenomenal Conservatism, Part II: All Seemings

About the author

Blake McAllister (PhD, Baylor University) is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hillsdale College. He has published extensively in epistemology with special emphasis in early modern and religious epistemology. His work has appeared in venues such as Synthese, Faith & Philosophy, and History of Philosophy Quarterly.

Summary

All justified beliefs ultimately rest on attitudes that are immediately justified. This book illuminates the nature of immediate justification and the states that provide it. Simply put, immediate justification arises from how things appear to us--from all and only our "seemings."

Product details

• Authors: Blake McAllister, Blake (Hillsdale College Mcallister
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032249940
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3224994-0
• No. of pages: 278
• Series: Routledge Studies in Epistemology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy of religion, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge