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Reason and Explanation: A Defense of Explanatory Coherentism (Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy)
Ted Poston
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Hardcover. In this new explanationist account of epistemic justification, Poston argues that the explanatory virtues provide all the materials necessary for a plausible account of justified belief. There are no purely autonomous reasons. Rather reasons occur only within an explanatory coherent set of beliefs. Series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
In this new explanationist account of epistemic justification, Poston argues that the explanatory virtues provide all the materials necessary for a plausible account of justified belief. There are no purely autonomous reasons. Rather reasons occur only within an explanatory coherent set of beliefs.
In this new explanationist account of epistemic justification, Poston argues that the explanatory virtues provide all the materials necessary for a plausible account of justified belief. There are no purely autonomous reasons. Rather reasons occur only within an explanatory coherent set of beliefs.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy
Number of Pages
195
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137012258
SKU
V9781137012258
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About Ted Poston
Ted Poston is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Alabama, USA. His primary areas of research are epistemology and philosophy of science. He has written many articles in journals such as American Philosophical Quarterly, Dialectica, Episteme, Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion, Philosophical Studies, Philosophy and Phenomenology Research, Res Philosophica, and The Southern Journal of Philosophy. ... Read more
Reviews for Reason and Explanation: A Defense of Explanatory Coherentism (Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy)
“In this interesting book, Ted Poston delivers an original and powerful defence of explanatory coherentism about justification. … an inspiring monograph that actually advances research in this field Scholars and postgraduates interested in the recent debate on coherentism about epistemic justification should definitely read this book.” (Luca Moretti, The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 67 (266), January, 2017)