1st Edition
Must Beliefs and Evidence Agree? A Debate
Foreword by Daniel Greco
Opening Statements
1. Evidence is the Law for Belief: An Evidentialist Perspective
Scott Stapleford
2. Challenges to Evidentialism
Elizabeth Jackson
First Round of Replies
3. Reply to Liz Jackson’s Opening Statement
Scott Stapleford
4. Reply to Scott Stapleford’s Opening Statement
Elizabeth Jackson
Second Round of Replies
5. Reply to Liz Jackson’s Reply to My Opening Statement
Scott Stapleford
6. Reply to Scott Stapleford’s Reply to My Opening Statement
Elizabeth Jackson
Further Readings
Glossary
References
Biography
Scott Stapleford is Professor of Philosophy at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, Canada. His recent publications include: Logic Works: A Rigorous Introduction to Formal Logic (with Lorne Falkenstein and Molly Kao, 2022), Hume’s Enquiry: Expanded and Explained (with Tyron Goldschmidt, 2021), and six edited collections.
Elizabeth Jackson is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, and her research is in epistemology and philosophy of religion. She’s published in journals such as Mind, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, and Philosophical Studies.
“In this brilliant book, Scott Stapleford and Elizabeth Jackson defend radically different positions on the crucial question of what we should believe. We are treated to a masterclass in philosophy made fun, clear, and exciting. The cases put by both authors are so compelling that the reader may well find herself gently guided to see the clear truth of one of their positions, only to have her newly established philosophical serenity immediately undercut by the other. This is a fantastic rollercoaster of a book!”
-- Ema Sullivan-Bissett, Reader in Philosophy, University of Birmingham, UK.
