1. Evidentialism -- 2. Evidence -- 3. Possessing evidence -- 4. Evidential fit -- 5. Basing a belief on the evidence -- 6. Explanationist evidentialism -- 7. More evidence to gather
Summary
Evidentialism is a popular theory of epistemic justification, yet, as early proponents of the theory Earl Conee and Richard Feldman admit, there are many elements that must be developed before Evidentialism can provide a full account of epistemic justification, or well-founded belief. It is the aim of this book to provide the details that are lacking; here McCain moves past Evidentialism as a mere schema by putting forward and defending a full-fledged theory of epistemic justification. In this book McCain offers novel approaches to several elements of well-founded belief
