Appearance and Explanation: Phenomenal Explanationism in Epistemology

by McCain, Kevin McCain, Luca Moretti

Phenomenal Conservatism (the view that an appearance that things are a particular way gives one prima facie justification for believing that they are that way) is a promising, and popular, internalist theory of epistemic justification. Despite its popularity, it faces numerous objections and challenges. For instance, epistemologists have argued that Phenomenal Conservatism is incompatible with Bayesianism, is afflicted by bootstrapping and cognitive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192896873
• ISBN13: 9780192896872
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"