The relationship between belief and credence

EG Jackson - Philosophy Compass, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sometimes epistemologists theorize about belief, a tripartite attitude on which one can
believe, withhold belief, or disbelieve a proposition. In other cases, epistemologists theorize …

Merely statistical evidence: when and why it justifies belief

P Silva Jr - Philosophical Studies, 2023 - Springer
It is one thing to hold that merely statistical evidence is sometimes insufficient for rational
belief, as in typical lottery and profiling cases. It is another thing to hold that merely statistical …

Knowledge as justified true belief

J de Grefte - Erkenntnis, 2023 - Springer
What is knowledge? I this paper I defend the claim that knowledge is justified true belief by
arguing that, contrary to common belief, Gettier cases do not refute it. My defence will be of …

[BOOK][B] Awareness and the Substructure of Knowledge

P Silva, P Silva Jr - 2023 - books.google.com
To say that someone is aware of a fact is a commonplace expression, not at all a
philosopher's term of art. It is often used to criticize, excuse, admonish, and inform others …

Is it ever rational to hold inconsistent beliefs?

M Smith - Philosophical Studies, 2024 - Springer
In this paper I investigate whether there are any cases in which it is rational for a person to
hold inconsistent beliefs and, if there are, just what implications this might have for the theory …

Legal Standards of Proof: When and Why Merely Statistical Evidence Can Satisfy Them

P Silva - Erkenntnis, 2025 - Springer
The relation of normic support offers a novel solution to the proof paradox: a paradox in
evidence law arising from legal cases involving merely statistical evidence (Smith in Mind …

Two accounts of assertion

M Smith - Synthese, 2022 - Springer
In this paper I will compare two competing accounts of assertion: the knowledge account
and the justified belief account. When it comes to the evidence that is typically used to …

Justification, excuse, and proof beyond reasonable doubt

HL Ho - Philosophical Issues, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The law requires criminal guilt to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. There are two
different approaches to construing this legal rule. On an epistemic approach, the rule is …

The epistemic and the deontic preface paradox

LM Lissia, J Sprenger - The Philosophical Quarterly, 2024 - academic.oup.com
This paper generalizes the preface paradox beyond the conjunctive aggregation of beliefs
and constructs an analogous paradox for deontic reasoning. The analysis of the deontic …

Getting a little closure for closure

J Simpson - Synthese, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, I'll survey a number of closure principles of epistemic justification and find them
all wanting. However, it'll be my contention that there'sa novel closure principle of epistemic …