The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evidence by Lasonen-Aarnio, Maria; Littlejohn, Clayton;

Short description:

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evidence is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject and is first major volume of its kind. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of science and epistemology.

Long description:

What one can know depends on one’s evidence. Good scientific theories are supported by evidence. Our experiences provide us with evidence. Any sort of inquiry involves the seeking of evidence. It is irrational to believe contrary to your evidence. For these reasons and more, evidence is one of the most fundamental notions in the field of epistemology and is emerging as a crucial topic across academic disciplines.

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evidence is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject and is the first major volume of its kind. Comprising forty chapters by an international team of contributors the handbook is divided into six clear parts:

• The Nature of Evidence


• Evidence and Probability


• The Social Epistemology of Evidence


• Sources of Evidence


• Evidence and Justification


• Evidence in the Disciplines

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evidence is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of science and epistemology, and will also be of interest to those in related disciplines across the humanities and social sciences, such as law, religion, and history.

Table of Contents:

Introduction Maria Lasonen-Aarnio and Clayton Littlejohn   Part 1: The Nature of Evidence  1. Experience as Evidence Chris Tucker  2. E = K, but What About R? Timothy Williamson  3. Epistemological Disjunctivism and Evidence Duncan Pritchard  4. Evidential Internalism and Evidential Externalism Giada Fratantonio  5. The Evidential Support Relation of Evidentialism T. Ryan Byerly  6. How Can "Evidence" Be Normative? Ralph Wedgwood  Part 2: Evidence and Probability  7. Varieties of Measure of Evidential Support Peter Brössel  8. Positive Relevance Peter Achinstein  9. The Paradoxes of Confirmation Jan Sprenger  10. Good Predictions and Bad Accommodations Eric Christian Barnes  11. Bayesian Norms and Non-Ideal Agents Julia Staffel  12. The Value of Evidence Bernhard Salow  13. Sleeping Beauty’s Evidence Jeffrey Sanford Russell  14. Higher-Order Evidence Kevin Dorst  Part 3: The Social Epistemology of Evidence  15. Evidence and Power: Feminist Approaches to Evidence Kristen Intemann  16. Evidence, Relativism and Progress in Feminist Standpoint Theory Natalie Ashton  17. Epistemic Injustice in Collecting and Appraising Evidence David Schraub and Joel Sati  18. Prejudiced Belief: Evidential Considerations Endre Begby  19. Nick Hughes: Evidence and Bias  20. Disagreement and Higher-Order Evidence Jonathan Matheson  Part 4: Sources of Evidence  21. Intuitions as Evidence: An Introduction Marc A. Moffett  22. The Evidence in Perception Ali Hasan  23. Testimony and Evidence Nick Leonard  24. Introspection and Evidence Alex Byrne  25. Explanation and Evidence Kevin McCain and Ted Poston  Part 5: Evidence and Justification  26. Prospects for Evidentialism Bob Beddor  27. Permissivism, Underdetermination, and Evidence Elisabeth Jackson and Greta LaFore  28. Moral Encroachment and Evidence Jessica Brown  29. Evidence and Virtue (and Beyond) Kurt Sylvan  30. Propositional Justification and Doxastic Justification Paul Silva Jr. and Luis R.G. Oliveira  31. Evidence and Epistemic Reasons Errol Lord  32. Fallibilism and a Guarantee of Truth Charity Anderson  33. Evidence and Inductive Inference Nevin Climenhaga  Part 6: Evidence in the Disciplines  34. Legal Evidence and Knowledge Georgi Gardiner  35. Evidence in Logic Ben Martin and Ole Thomassen Hjortland  36. Evidence: From Science to Policy Eleonora Montuschi  37. Theory and Evidence in Economics Julian Reiss  38. Evidence Based Medicine and Evidence Based Public Health Benjamin Smart  39. Evidence in Classical Statistics Samuel C. Fletcher and Conor Mayo-Wilson  40. Scientific Evidence Alexander Bird.  Index