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118Non-Evidentialist Epistemology (edited book)Brill. 2021.This is the first edited collection entirely dedicated to non-evidentialist epistemology or non-evidentialism—the controversial view that evidence is not required in order for doxastic attitudes to enjoy a positive epistemic status. Belief or acceptance can be epistemically justified, warranted, or rational without evidence. The volume is divided into three section: the first focuses on hinge epistemology, the second offers a critical reflection about evidentialist and non-evidentialist epistemo…Read more
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109Introduction (to the special issue on ontological commitment)Philosophical Studies 141 (1): 1-5. 2008.No abstract
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105Epistemic transmission and interaction (introduction to the special issue)Synthese 190 (13): 2477-2479. 2013.
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86A thick realist consequence of Wright's minimalismPacific Philosophical Quarterly 88 (1). 2007.According to Wrights minimalism, a notion of truth neutral with respect to realism and antirealism can be built out of the notion of warranted assertibility and a set of a priori platitudes among which the Equivalence Schema has a prominent role. Wright believes that the debate about realism and antirealism will be properly and fruitfully developed if both parties accept the conceptual framework of minimalism. In this paper, I show that this conceptual framework commits the minimalist to the rea…Read more
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65In this paper, I show that Lewis' definition of coherence and Fitelson's and Shogenji's measures of coherence are unacceptable because they entail the absurdity that any set of beliefs in general is coherent and not coherent at the same time. This devastating result is obtained if a simple and plausible principle of stability for coherence is accepted.
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34For a bayesian account of indirect confirmationDialectica 56 (2). 2002.[NOTE: I WROTE THIS PAPER BEFORE STARTING MY PhD. SO DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH.] Laudan and Leplin have argued that empirically equivalent theories can elude underdetermination by resorting to indirect confirmation. Moreover, they have provided a qualitative account of indirect confirmation that Okasha has shown to be incoherent. In this paper, I develop Kukla's recent contention that indirect confirmation is grounded in the probability calculus. I provide a Bayesian rule to calculate the probabilit…Read more
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26Sulla convergenza della verità nel realismo internoIride: Filosofia e Discussione Pubblica 13 (3): 595-618. 2000.
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Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Philosophy of Education |
Social Ontology |
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Critical Theory |
Government and Democracy |