The Justificatory Force of Experiences: From a Phenomenological Epistemology to the Foundations of Mathematics and Physics

This book offers a phenomenological conception of experiential justification that seeks to clarify why certain experiences are a source of immediate justification and what role experiences play in gaining (scientific) knowledge. Based on the author's account of experiential justification, this book exemplifies how a phenomenological experience-first epistemology can epistemically ground the individual sciences. More precisely, it delivers a comprehensive picture of how we get from epistemology to the foundations of mathematics and physics.
The book is unique as it utilizes methods and insights from the phenomenological tradition in order to make progress in current analytic epistemology. It serves as a starting point for re-evaluating the relevance of Husserlian phenomenology to current analytic epistemology and making an important step towards paving the way for future mutually beneficial discussions. This is achieved by exemplifying how current debates can benefit from ideas, insights, and methods we find in the phenomenological tradition.

Author: Philipp Berghofer
Publisher: Springer
Published: 03/26/2023
Pages: 371
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d
ISBN13: 9783030961152
ISBN10: 303096115X
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Philosophy | Epistemology
- Philosophy | Movements | Phenomenology

About the Author
Dr. Philip Berghofer is a Post-Doc researcher and lecturer at the Philosophy Department of the University of Graz, Austria. His research focus centers around epistemology, phenomenology, philosophy of physics, and philosophy of mathematics. His current position is funded by the research project "Intentionality and Symbolic Construction: The Phenomenological Background of Hermann Weyl's Philosophy of Physics" granted by the Austrian Science Fund. Prior to this, he was a recipient of a DOC-Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Berghofer is the designated president of the Austrian Society of Phenomenology, designated Book Review Editor of Husserl Studies (Springer), and the co-editor of the volume Phenomenological Approaches to Physics (Synthese Library, 2020).