Knowledge and Conditionals—Reliability, Probability, Counterfactuals, and Relevance
A special issue of Philosophies (ISSN 2409-9287).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 15
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
You are cordially invited to contribute to the Philosophies Special Issue on “Knowledge and Conditionals—Reliability, Probability, Counterfactuals, and Relevance”, which aims to explore the pros and cons of various versions of reliabilism, particularly sensitivity and safety theories of knowledge, how these theories are best understood semantically, and how they relate to recent developments in semantics for counterfactuals, including conjunction conditionalization, irrelevant semifactuals, probability, and relevance. This Special Issue will bring together state-of-the-art research in reliabilism and semantics, thus contributing to a cross-fertilization of these two important areas of research.
Philosophies (ISSN 2409-9287) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to scientific research and philosophical reflection concerning themes at the intersection of philosophical, scientific, technological, and cultural studies. Although the philosophy of science, with its foundations in epistemology, scientific methodology, and the history of science, is at the core of the scope of Philosophies, the journal seeks much broader perspectives that integrate the diverse intellectual tools developed in a large variety of scientific disciplines and philosophical systems. The ultimate goal of the journal is to reach for a synthesis of knowledge using the collective wisdom of diverse methodologies.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome, and research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following topics: major arguments for reliabilism, major arguments for sensitivity versions of reliabilism, major arguments for safety versions of reliabilism, major arguments for and against fleshing sensitivity and/or safety out in terms of counterfactuals, significant and research on the semantics of counterfactuals, and how this research may impinge on the understanding of reliabilism.
We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 200 words summarizing their intended contribution. Please send this to the Guest Editor (fillg@cas.au.dk) or to the Philosophies Editorial Office (philosophies@mdpi.com). Abstracts will be reviewed by the Guest Editor for the purposes of ensuring proper fit within the scope of the Special Issue, and full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer review.
Dr. Lars Bo Gundersen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- reliabilism
- sensitivity
- safety
- counterfactuals
- irrelevant semifactuals
- conjunction conditionalization
- probability
- relevance
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