Marc Alspector-Kelly
Biographic Data
| ID | 1075194 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marc Alspector-Kelly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marc |
| FAMILY NAME | Alspector-Kelly |
| SIGNATURE | ALSPECTOR-KELLY M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Against Knowledge Closure
Knowledge closure is the claim that, if an agent S knows P, recognizes that P implies Q, and believes Q because it is implied by P, then S knows Q. Closure is a pivotal epistemological principle that is widely endorsed by contemporary epistemologists. Against Knowledge Closure is the first book-length treatment of the issue and the most sustained argument for closure failure to date. Unlike most prior arguments for closure failure, Marc Alspector…
Against Knowledge Closure
Constructive empiricism revisited
Why safety doesn’t save closure
Seeing the Unobservable
Should the Empiricist Be a Constructive Empiricist
Van Fraassen does not argue that everyone should be a constructive empiricist. He claims only that constructive empiricism (CE) is a coherent post-positivist alternative to realism, notwithstanding the realist's charge that CE is arbitrary and irrational. He does argue, however, that the empiricist is obliged to limit belief as CE prescribes. Criticism of CE has been largely directed at van Fraassen's claim that CE is a coherent option. Far less …
Why safety doesn’t save closure
Should the Empiricist Be a Constructive Empiricist
Van Fraassen does not argue that everyone should be a constructive empiricist. He claims only that constructive empiricism (CE) is a coherent post-positivist alternative to realism, notwithstanding the realist's charge that CE is arbitrary and irrational. He does argue, however, that the empiricist is obliged to limit belief as CE prescribes. Criticism of CE has been largely directed at van Fraassen's claim that CE is a coherent option. Far less …
Seeing the Unobservable
Should the Empiricist Be a Constructive Empiricist
Van Fraassen does not argue that everyone should be a constructive empiricist. He claims only that constructive empiricism (CE) is a coherent post-positivist alternative to realism, notwithstanding the realist's charge that CE is arbitrary and irrational. He does argue, however, that the empiricist is obliged to limit belief as CE prescribes. Criticism of CE has been largely directed at van Fraassen's claim that CE is a coherent option. Far less …
Seeing the Unobservable
Why safety doesn’t save closure
Constructive empiricism revisited
Against Knowledge Closure
Knowledge closure is the claim that, if an agent S knows P, recognizes that P implies Q, and believes Q because it is implied by P, then S knows Q. Closure is a pivotal epistemological principle that is widely endorsed by contemporary epistemologists. Against Knowledge Closure is the first book-length treatment of the issue and the most sustained argument for closure failure to date. Unlike most prior arguments for closure failure, Marc Alspector…
Against Knowledge Closure
Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (3 works) · Philosophy of science (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Closure (psychology) (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Constructive (2 works) · Empiricism (2 works)