Events

Epistemology Reading Seminar

Kevin McCain on Predictivism and Explanationism

Venue: Sala Rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23, 3rd floor.

Time: 9.30 a.m.

Readings:

K. McCain, ‘A Predictivist Argument against Scepticism’, Analysis 72, 2012, 660-665.

K. McCain, ‘In Defense of the Explanationist Response to Skepticism’, Journal for the Study of Skepticism, 9, 2019, 38-50.

Discussion leader: Francesco Zaccarini

Matthew Gifford and Kevin McCain on Vogel's Explanationist Strategy against Scepticism

Venue: Sala Rossa, via Azzo Gardino 23, 3rd floor.

Time: 2.30 p.m.

Readings:

M. B. Gifford, ‘Skepticism and Elegance. Problems for the Abductivist Reply to Cartesian Skepticism’, Philosophical Studies 164, 2013, 685-704.

K. McCain, ‘Skepticism and Elegance: An explanationist rejoinder’, International Journal for the Study of Skepticism, 6, 2016, 30-43.

Discussion leader: Giorgio Volpe