1st Edition

Inquiry Philosophical Perspectives

Edited By Aaron B. Creller, Jonathan Matheson Copyright 2026
340 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

340 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume brings together essays from several different perspectives on a topic in epistemology that is garnering increased attention: Inquiry. It is the first volume focused solely on philosophical issues related to inquiry. Inquiry is a fundamental human practice. We have questions, and we want answers. These questions span numerous domains and range from the trivial to questions of the... Read more

Introduction Aaron B. Creller and Jonathan Matheson

1. Is Skeptical Inquiry Possible? Diego E. Machuca

2. Lysistrata’s Lament: Interrogative Analogues of Testimonial Injustice Dennis Whitcomb

3. Epistemic Injustice and Inquiry Emily McWilliams

4. Is Comparative Philosophical Inquiry Risky Business? Aaron B. Creller

5. To Counter Propaganda and Disinformation, Think Beyond Modernity Amy Donahue

6. Transcultural Inquiry and the Method of Philosophical Sublation Jana S. Rošker

7. The Zetetic Significance of Unpossessed Evidence Michele Palmira

8. Inquiry and Normative Defeat Christoph Kelp and Mona Simion

9. Navigating Inquiry Jonathan Matheson and Joshua DiPaolo

10. In Defense of Open-Minded Inquiry into Crazy Philosophical Arguments Michael Veber

11. Explanatory Inquiry, Achievement, and Enhancement Emma Gordon

12. Inquiry and Higher-Order Evidence Arianna Falbo

13. Inquiry and Underdetermination Kareem Khalifa and Jared Millson

14. The Science Contract: Scientific Inquiry, Public Trust in Science, and the Division of Zetetic Labor Gabriele Contessa

15. Instruments as Muses of Inquiry Bryson Brown

16. Inquiry in the Entangled Bank – Translating and Interpreting Causation in Biology Derek Skillings

17. Reshuffling the Deck: p4c Hawaii and Special Education Benjamin Lukey

Biography

Aaron B. Creller is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of North Florida. His research areas are cross-cultural approaches to epistemology and philosophy of science. His recent monograph is the 2018 Making Space for Knowing: A Capacious Approach to Comparative Epistemology.

Jonathan Matheson is a professor of philosophy at the University of North Florida and the director of the Florida Blue Center for Ethics, where he is also a distinguished faculty fellow. His research interests are in epistemology where his work has focused on the epistemic significance of disagreement, as well as the nature and value of epistemic autonomy.