Earl Conee is a contemporary American analytic philosopher and professor at the University of Rochester, best known for his systematic defense of evidentialism in epistemology, developed collaboratively with Richard Feldman. His work addresses the nature of epistemic justification, the evidential role of experience, and the knowledge argument in philosophy of mind.
Co-developed evidentialism with Richard Feldman, arguing that epistemic justification is determined solely by one's evidence
Co-authored 'Evidentialism: Essays in Epistemology' (2004), a landmark collection defending the evidentialist position
Advanced arguments for the evidential role of nonconceptual experiential content in epistemic justification
Contributed influential work on the knowledge argument and the limits of physicalism in philosophy of mind
Defended mentalism about justification, holding that justificatory factors are always internal mental states