Jonathan Vogel is an American contemporary epistemologist known for his work on skepticism, perceptual knowledge, and the reliability of inductive and abductive reasoning. He has developed influential critiques of reliabilism and defended inference to the best explanation as a response to skeptical challenges. His work engages extensively with the problem of underdetermination and the epistemology of perception.
Developed influential critiques of reliabilist epistemology
Advanced 'inference to the best explanation' responses to external-world skepticism
Contributed to debates on the problem of underdetermination
Authored widely-cited work on Cartesian skepticism and perceptual knowledge
Professor of Philosophy at Amherst College
Experiences with any kind of content (including nonconceptual) can stand in evidential relations to beliefs.