Philosophy professor Kevin McCain’s book, Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification, has been given a positive review in the journal Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

Evidentialism — the theory that people need reasons backed by evidence in order to have rational belief — is a concept that not everyone in the Philosophy field accepts. According to reviewer Todd R. Long (California Polytechnic State University), some critics of evidentialism have little basis for their rejection of the theory, but other challenges and criticisms deserve attention.

In Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification, McCain expands on the theory and offers new approaches to its study. According to Long, “McCain’s excellent book . . . performs a great service to epistemologists: it provides not only the most complete Conee-Feldman style evidentialist theory available but also ample motivations for evidentialism in light of a great range of examples and challenges from the literature, all under one cover.”

Read the full review on the Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews website.