The Abductivist Reply to Skepticism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10347348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James R Beebe (0000-0001-8282-4297, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 605-636 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8205 • E-ISSN: 1933-1592 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1933-1592.2009.00295.x |
| OpenAlex | W2073475848 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 43 |
Abductivists claim that explanatory considerations (e.g., simplicity, parsimony, explanatory breadth, etc.) favor belief in the external world over skeptical hypotheses involving evil demons and brains in vats. After showing how most versions of abductivism succumb fairly easily to obvious and fatal objections, I explain how rationalist versions of abductivism can avoid these difficulties. I then discuss the most pressing challenges facing abductivist appeals to the a priori and offer suggestions on how to overcome them
A priori and a posteriori · Epistemology · Simplicity · Skepticism · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
On Evidence in Philosophy
A Berkeleyan Argument against Non-Naïve Realism
The Appearance of Skepticism
Quantum correlations and the explanatory power of radical metaphysical hypotheses
External world scepticism and self scepticism
Contrastive Hinge Epistemology
Inference to the Best Explanation, Bayesianism, and the Screening-Off Challenge
Dogmatism and Ampliative Inference
Value beyond truth-value
Inference to the best explanation, coherence and other explanatory virtues
An epistemological problem for minimalist views about composition
Does anti-exceptionalism about logic entail that logic is a posteriori
Abduction versus conceiving in modal epistemology
Systematizing the theoretical virtues
Reactionary responses to the Bad Lot Objection
BonJour on explanation and skepticism
A responsibilist account of knowledge
Explanatory Consolidation
Dimensions of predictive success
Does IBE Require a ‘Model’ of Explanation
Human knowledge, its scope and limits.
Perception
The structure of empirical knowledge
Laws and Symmetry
Problems from Locke
Skepticism and Naturalism
Inference to the Best Explanation
Cartesian Skepticism and Inference to the Best Explanation
An Essay concerning Human Understanding
Perception, Common Sense, and Science
Philosophy after Objectivity
The Natural Ontological Attitude
Scepticism and Naturalism
Contemporary British Philosophy, Personal Statements
Inference to the Best Explanation Made Coherent
A Confutation of Convergent Realism
Reason and Scepticism
The Inference to the Best Explanation
Perception, Common Sense, and Science
Two Kinds of Skeptical Argument
The Structure of the Skeptical Argument
Locke, Berkeley, Hume
The present state of the scientific realism debate
The scientific image
The problems of philosophy
Reconstructing the past
The Best Explanation
On Van Fraassen's Critique of Abductive Reasoning
The Structure of Sceptical Arguments
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |