1st Edition
Locke’s Twilight of Probability An Epistemology of Rational Assent
By Mark Boespflug
Copyright 2023
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book provides a systematic treatment of Locke’s theory of probable assent, and shows how the theory applies to Locke’s philosophy of science, moral epistemology, and religious epistemology.
There is a powerful case to be made that the most important dimension of Locke’s philosophy is his theory of rational probable assent, rather than his theory of knowledge. According to Locke, we largely... Read more
Introduction
1. Epistemic Modesty in a Twilight World
2. The Candle of Reason
3. Probability and Its Grounds
4. Reason’s Demand: Proportionate Assent
5. The Involuntariness of Assent
6.
Uncertain Science7. The Elusive Knowledge of Morality
8. Faith as Rational Assent
Biography
Mark Boespflug is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Fort Lewis College. He is the author of a number of articles including "Locke on Testimony" (British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 2019) and "Why Reid is no Dogmatist" (Synthese, 2019). He completed his Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Colorado.
