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What is reasonable doubt? For philosophical studies special issue on Sosa’s ‘epistemic explanations’

Year: 2024

Type: editorial

Abstract: This paper develops and defends novel accounts of accurate and reasonable doubt. We take a cue from Sosa's telic epistemic normative picture to argue that one’s degree of doubt that p is accurate just in case it matches the level of veritic risk involved in believing that p. In turn, on this account, reasonable doubt is doubt that is generated by a properly functioning cognitive capacity with the function of encoding veritic risk.

Source: Philosophical Studies

DOI: 10.1007/s11098-024-02247-y

Authors: Lilith Mace, Mona Simion

Institution: University of Glasgow

Language: English

Topic: Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,090

Funders: HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme, H2020 European Research Council, HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council