The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evidence
About this ebook
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evidence is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject and is the first major volume of its kind. Comprising forty chapters by an international team of contributors the handbook is divided into six clear parts:
- The Nature of Evidence
- Evidence and Probability
- The Social Epistemology of Evidence
- Sources of Evidence
- Evidence and Justification
- Evidence in the Disciplines
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evidence is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of science and epistemology, and will also be of interest to those in related disciplines across the humanities and social sciences, such as law, religion, and history.
About the author
Maria Lasonen-Aarnio is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She has published on a wide range of topics within epistemology, philosophy of mind, and the study of normality. Her book The Good, the Bad and the Feasible (2024) defends a novel normative framework and applies it to various problems and puzzles in epistemology and beyond.
Clayton Littlejohn is Professor of Philosophy at the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia. He has written extensively on epistemic justification, reasons, and evidence.
