A Theory of Epistemic Justification
Autor: | J. Leplin |
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EAN: | 9781402095672 |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 28.02.2009 |
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Schlagworte: | Epistemology Evidence Inference Justification Knowledge Reliabilism Skepticism language metaphysics philosophy of language philosophy of science probability science truth |
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Jarrett Leplin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He received his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Amherst College in 1966, and his PhD in philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1972. He specializes in the philosophy of science and epistemology. He has lectured at over 50 universities and professional conferences, and is the author of over 100 publications, including 'A Novel Defense of Scientific Realism', published by Oxford University Press in 1997. His work has focued on philosophical issues involving scientific method, the epistemology of scientific change, realism and instrumentalism, the nature of evidence, epistemic paradoxes, and reliabilist theories of justification and knowledge. He is the recipient of an NEH fellowship, an NEH summer stipend, and grants from the Philosophy of Science Association and the American Philosophical Society. Leplin has been Program Director of the Philosophy of Science Association and President of the North Carolina Philosophical Society.