Fallibilism: Evidence and Knowledge

by Jessica Brown and Jessica Brown

What strength of evidence is required for knowledge? Ordinarily, we often claim to know something on the basis of evidence which doesn't guarantee its truth. For instance, one might claim to know that one sees a crow on the basis of visual experience even though having that experience does not guarantee that there is a crow (it might be a rook, or one might be dreaming). As a result, those wanting to avoid philosophical scepticism have standardly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198801777
• ISBN13: 9780198801771
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"