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.
What one can know depends on ones 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.
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 Beautys 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
Maria Lasonen-Aarnio is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She has published on a wide range of topics within epistemology, philosophy of mind, and the study of normality. Her book The Good, the Bad and the Feasible (2024) defends a novel normative framework and applies it to various problems and puzzles in epistemology and beyond.
Clayton Littlejohn is Professor of Philosophy at the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia. He has written extensively on epistemic justification, reasons, and evidence.
