b. 1948
Richard Feldman is a contemporary analytic epistemologist at the University of Rochester, best known for co-developing evidentialism with Earl Conee — the view that epistemic justification is determined solely by one's evidence. His work spans the nature of evidence, the epistemology of religious belief, and the rationality of disagreement among epistemic peers.
Co-developed evidentialism with Earl Conee, arguing justification supervenes entirely on one's evidence
Influential work on the epistemology of peer disagreement and the 'equal weight' view
Authored widely used epistemology textbook 'Epistemology' (2003)
Extended evidentialist framework to religious epistemology and reasonable disagreement
Defended the thesis that experiences — including nonconceptual ones — serve as genuine evidence