Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    Mark Owen Webb — Carmelics
    Thinkers/Mark Owen Webb
    MO

    Mark Owen Webb

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy, Reformed Epistemology

    Mark Owen Webb is a contemporary American philosopher specializing in epistemology and philosophy of religion, with particular focus on the epistemology of testimony and religious belief. He has contributed to debates about how beliefs can be justified through chains of testimony and the conditions under which religious faith constitutes genuine knowledge. His work engages both analytic epistemology and the rationality of religious commitment.

    Notable Achievements

    1

    Developed accounts of testimonial justification and the transmission of warrant through testimony chains

    2

    Contributed to the epistemology of religious belief within the analytic tradition

    3

    Examined the relationship between faith, evidence, and epistemic rationality

    4

    Engaged critically with Reformed epistemology and its implications for religious knowledge

    Positions & Arguments(1)

    Truth & Knowledge

    claim

    Testimonial justification can be generated through a chain of testimony even when the transmitting testifier lacks justified belief

    At a Glance

    Ideas

    1

    Topics

    1

    Era

    contemporary

    Tradition

    Analytic Philosophy, Reformed Epistemology

    Topic Influence

    Truth & Knowledge1

    Related Thinkers

    Immanuel Kant1 sharedDavid Lewis1 shared
    Boyd
    1 shared
    Brian Skyrms1 shared
    Stathis Psillos1 shared
    Bertrand Russell1 shared
    David Hume1 shared
    Aristotle1 shared

    Dive Deeper

    Explore Truth & Knowledge→