Richard Fumerton
Biographic Data
| ID | 460876 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Fumerton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Fumerton |
| SIGNATURE | FUMERTON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iowa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2640-0873 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
What Is Philosophy: A First-Person Perspective
As philosophy departments attempt to define their unique value amid program closures in the humanities and the rise of interdisciplinary research, metaphilosophy has become an increasingly important area of inquiry. Richard Fumerton here lays out a cogent answer to the question asked in the book’s title, What Is Philosophy?. Against those who argue that philosophy is not sharply distinguishable from the sciences, Fumerton makes a case for philoso…
Cartesian epistemology and infallible justification
Fencing Out Pragmatic Encroachment1: Fencing Out Pragmatic Encroachment
Markie, Speckles, and Classical Foundationalism
Mill
In this volume, Wendy Donner and Richard Fumerton examine John Stuart Mill's primary philosophical writings to get to the very heart of his ideas and his legacy." "The volume begins with an overview of Mills's life, work, and reputation, examining the historical context of the nineteenth century that shaped his thinking and the relevance of his philosophy to contemporary readers. In Part I, Wendy Donner explores the main components of Mill's writ…
Practicing Magic
Direct Realism, Introspection, and Cognitive Science1
Speckled Hens and Objects of Acquaintance
Audi on Rationality: Background Beliefs, Arational Enjoyment, and the Rationality of Altruism
Theories of Justification
Exemplarizing and Self‐Presenting States
Brewer, Direct Realism, and Acquaintance with Acquaintance
Williamson on Skepticism and Evidence
In his insightful paper Williamson is primarily concerned to cast doubt on the thesis that if one has evidence in support of one's belief then one knows what that evidence is. By casting doubt on that claim Williamson wants to argue that the skeptic cannot establish that the evidence one has for believing certain commonplace true propositions is the same as the evidence one would have for believing corresponding false propositions in phenomenolog…
Foundationalism and the Infinite Regress of Reasons
Richard Fumerton's admirable defense of foundationalism depends upon some arguments against the possibility of the infinite regress of justificatory reasons. One reason for preferring foundationalism is, he claims, that infinitism (the view that justificatory reasons are infinite) should be rejected.' I will try to show that the arguments against infinitism do not succeed. Since a key ingredient in his rejection of infinitism is his account of in…
Precis of Metaepistemology and Skepticism
Replies to My Three Critics
Christopher Hookway correctly suggests that I am extremely uneasy about the oft-stated claim that epistemic judgments are normative. The issue is potentially important because a great many self-proclaimed internalists argue against externalism by claiming that the externalist cannot account for certain alleged normative aspects of our epistemic judgments. Thus, for example, some philosophers would argue against the reliabilist's construal of epis…
Normative Concepts and Epistemological Internalism
Fumerton on Metaepistemology and Skepticism
Testimony: A Philosophical Study
I. The Problematic: The domain of testimony What is testimony? Objections and clarifications II. The Tradition: Testimony, observation, and the reductive approach Deciding for testimony The analogical approach Scottish fundamentalism III. The Solution: The status of testimony Language and mind IV: The Puzzles: Astonishing reports The disappearance of history Dretske's drinker V. The Applications: Collingwood and historical testimony Mathematical …
Working without a Net: A Study of Egocentric Epistemology
In this book Foley offers a major new theory of rationality. His aim is to escape the 'doldrums of Descartes' by lowering the standard for what is rational from his impossibly demanding level of certainty. Foley takes a belief's being rational as a matter of its seeming from some perspective to be objectively likely to be true. This makes for an attractive mix of subjective and objective components in his concept of rationality. The subjective co…
Reason and Morality: A Defense of the Egocentric Perspective
Reason and Morality: A Defense of the Egocentric Perspective
Thought and Experience
The Internalism/Externalism Controversy
Much of contemporary epistemology takes place in the shadow of the internalism/externalism debate. Its current place on the centre stage of epistemology seems appropriate given the dramatic revolution in our thought about historical and contemporary epistemological inquiry that would seem to be forced by certain paradigm externalist views. But although the controversy seems to strike deep at the heart of fundamental epistemological issues, I am n…
Metaphysical and Epistemological Problems of Perception
Induction and Reasoning to the Best Explanation
In this paper I want to cast doubt on the claim that there is a legitimate process of reasoning to the best explanation which can serve as an alternative to either straightforward inductive reasoning or a combination of inductive and deductive reasoning. I shall argue a) that paradigmatic cases of acceptable arguments to the best explanation must be considered enthymemes and b) that when the suppressed premises are made explicit we have all of th…
Speckled Hens and Objects of Acquaintance
Foundationalism and the Infinite Regress of Reasons
Richard Fumerton's admirable defense of foundationalism depends upon some arguments against the possibility of the infinite regress of justificatory reasons. One reason for preferring foundationalism is, he claims, that infinitism (the view that justificatory reasons are infinite) should be rejected.' I will try to show that the arguments against infinitism do not succeed. Since a key ingredient in his rejection of infinitism is his account of in…
The Internalism/Externalism Controversy
Much of contemporary epistemology takes place in the shadow of the internalism/externalism debate. Its current place on the centre stage of epistemology seems appropriate given the dramatic revolution in our thought about historical and contemporary epistemological inquiry that would seem to be forced by certain paradigm externalist views. But although the controversy seems to strike deep at the heart of fundamental epistemological issues, I am n…
Fencing Out Pragmatic Encroachment1: Fencing Out Pragmatic Encroachment
Metaphysical and Epistemological Problems of Perception
The Paradox of Analysis
Many contemporary Western philosophers are primarily concerned with providing philosophical analyses. They refer to the objects of their analyses in various ways. Some analyze the meanings of words or sentences; some, concepts or propositions; others, properties or states of affairs; and still others, individuals or facts. Just as philosophers disagree as to what it is they are analyzing, so they also disagree as to what analysis consists in. How…
Replies to My Three Critics
Christopher Hookway correctly suggests that I am extremely uneasy about the oft-stated claim that epistemic judgments are normative. The issue is potentially important because a great many self-proclaimed internalists argue against externalism by claiming that the externalist cannot account for certain alleged normative aspects of our epistemic judgments. Thus, for example, some philosophers would argue against the reliabilist's construal of epis…
Working without a Net: A Study of Egocentric Epistemology
In this book Foley offers a major new theory of rationality. His aim is to escape the 'doldrums of Descartes' by lowering the standard for what is rational from his impossibly demanding level of certainty. Foley takes a belief's being rational as a matter of its seeming from some perspective to be objectively likely to be true. This makes for an attractive mix of subjective and objective components in his concept of rationality. The subjective co…
Markie, Speckles, and Classical Foundationalism
Williamson on Skepticism and Evidence
In his insightful paper Williamson is primarily concerned to cast doubt on the thesis that if one has evidence in support of one's belief then one knows what that evidence is. By casting doubt on that claim Williamson wants to argue that the skeptic cannot establish that the evidence one has for believing certain commonplace true propositions is the same as the evidence one would have for believing corresponding false propositions in phenomenolog…
Normative Concepts and Epistemological Internalism
Fumerton on Metaepistemology and Skepticism
Reason and Morality: A Defense of the Egocentric Perspective
Reasons and value judgments
Induction and Reasoning to the Best Explanation
In this paper I want to cast doubt on the claim that there is a legitimate process of reasoning to the best explanation which can serve as an alternative to either straightforward inductive reasoning or a combination of inductive and deductive reasoning. I shall argue a) that paradigmatic cases of acceptable arguments to the best explanation must be considered enthymemes and b) that when the suppressed premises are made explicit we have all of th…
The Paradox of Analysis
Many contemporary Western philosophers are primarily concerned with providing philosophical analyses. They refer to the objects of their analyses in various ways. Some analyze the meanings of words or sentences; some, concepts or propositions; others, properties or states of affairs; and still others, individuals or facts. Just as philosophers disagree as to what it is they are analyzing, so they also disagree as to what analysis consists in. How…
The Case for Idealism: International Library of Philosophy
Metaphysical and Epistemological Problems of Perception
The Internalism/Externalism Controversy
Much of contemporary epistemology takes place in the shadow of the internalism/externalism debate. Its current place on the centre stage of epistemology seems appropriate given the dramatic revolution in our thought about historical and contemporary epistemological inquiry that would seem to be forced by certain paradigm externalist views. But although the controversy seems to strike deep at the heart of fundamental epistemological issues, I am n…
Thought and Experience
Reason and Morality: A Defense of the Egocentric Perspective
Reason and Morality: A Defense of the Egocentric Perspective
Testimony: A Philosophical Study
I. The Problematic: The domain of testimony What is testimony? Objections and clarifications II. The Tradition: Testimony, observation, and the reductive approach Deciding for testimony The analogical approach Scottish fundamentalism III. The Solution: The status of testimony Language and mind IV: The Puzzles: Astonishing reports The disappearance of history Dretske's drinker V. The Applications: Collingwood and historical testimony Mathematical …
Working without a Net: A Study of Egocentric Epistemology
In this book Foley offers a major new theory of rationality. His aim is to escape the 'doldrums of Descartes' by lowering the standard for what is rational from his impossibly demanding level of certainty. Foley takes a belief's being rational as a matter of its seeming from some perspective to be objectively likely to be true. This makes for an attractive mix of subjective and objective components in his concept of rationality. The subjective co…
Foundationalism and the Infinite Regress of Reasons
Richard Fumerton's admirable defense of foundationalism depends upon some arguments against the possibility of the infinite regress of justificatory reasons. One reason for preferring foundationalism is, he claims, that infinitism (the view that justificatory reasons are infinite) should be rejected.' I will try to show that the arguments against infinitism do not succeed. Since a key ingredient in his rejection of infinitism is his account of in…
Precis of Metaepistemology and Skepticism
Replies to My Three Critics
Christopher Hookway correctly suggests that I am extremely uneasy about the oft-stated claim that epistemic judgments are normative. The issue is potentially important because a great many self-proclaimed internalists argue against externalism by claiming that the externalist cannot account for certain alleged normative aspects of our epistemic judgments. Thus, for example, some philosophers would argue against the reliabilist's construal of epis…
Normative Concepts and Epistemological Internalism
Fumerton on Metaepistemology and Skepticism
Williamson on Skepticism and Evidence
In his insightful paper Williamson is primarily concerned to cast doubt on the thesis that if one has evidence in support of one's belief then one knows what that evidence is. By casting doubt on that claim Williamson wants to argue that the skeptic cannot establish that the evidence one has for believing certain commonplace true propositions is the same as the evidence one would have for believing corresponding false propositions in phenomenolog…
Brewer, Direct Realism, and Acquaintance with Acquaintance
Theories of Justification
Exemplarizing and Self‐Presenting States
Audi on Rationality: Background Beliefs, Arational Enjoyment, and the Rationality of Altruism
Speckled Hens and Objects of Acquaintance
Direct Realism, Introspection, and Cognitive Science1
Practicing Magic
Markie, Speckles, and Classical Foundationalism
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