The Truthmaker Account Is Not a Causal Theory

It is argued that the part-whole account of the relation between evidence and the larger state of affairs the evidence is evidence of —an account that was elucidated in the paper ‘Truthmaking, Evidence of, and Impossibility Proofs’ (this journal)—provides a better basis for epistemology than causal...

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Published inActa analytica : philosophy and psychology Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 383 - 388
Main Author Heathcote, Adrian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2014
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Causality
Credibility
Education
Epistemology
Evidence
Logic
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Causal connections
Epistemology
Gettier
Truthmakers
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Summary:It is argued that the part-whole account of the relation between evidence and the larger state of affairs the evidence is evidence of —an account that was elucidated in the paper ‘Truthmaking, Evidence of, and Impossibility Proofs’ (this journal)—provides a better basis for epistemology than causal relations between events. I apply this to a well-known phenomenon in physics which suggests that causal connectedness is not necessary for knowledge.
ISSN:0353-5150
1874-6349
DOI:10.1007/s12136-014-0234-8