Between Probability and Certainty: What Justifies Belief

by Martin Smith and Martin Smith

Martin Smith explores a question central to philosophy--namely, what does it take for a belief to be justified or rational? According to a widespread view, whether one has justification for believing a proposition is determined by how probable that proposition is, given one's evidence. In the present book this view is rejected and replaced with another: in order for one to have justification for believing a proposition, one's evidence must normically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198755333
• ISBN13: 9780198755333
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.6"