Philsophy of Evidence

The concept of evidence is central to both epistemology and the philosophy of science. Yet “evidence” is hardly a philosopher’s term of art: it is not only, or even primarily, philosophers who routinely speak of evidence, but also lawyers and judges, historians and scientists, archivists and curators, investigative journalists and reporters, as well as the members of numerous other professions and ordinary people in everyday life. The concept of evidence is perhaps pre-theoretical compared to other concepts which enjoy similarly central standing within Information Studies. This course will introduce students to the nature of justified belief, argumentation, reasoning, innate knowledge, theory of measurements, persuasion and rhetoric, and related concepts.

Note: PhD course