Publications
If you would like to see drafts, feel free to contact me at:
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If you would like to see drafts, feel free to contact me at:
mccain [at] uab [dot] edu
(7) Explanatory Solutions to Skeptical Problems, Oxford University Press, 2025
(6) Understanding How Science Explains the World, Cambridge University Press, 2022
*A Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title of 2023
The American Biology Teacher review
Metascience review
Sounds About Right podcast interview
Chasing Leviathan podcast interview
(5) Appearance and Explanation: Phenomenal Explanationism in Epistemology, Oxford University Press, 2021 (with Luca Moretti)
The Review of Metaphysics review
Asian Journal of Philosophy symposium
(4) Epistemology: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments, Routledge, 2021
Metascience review
(3) Uncertainty: How it Makes Science Advance, Oxford University Press, 2019 (with Kostas Kampourakis)
Daimon Revista Internacional de Filosofia review
Science & Education review
Perception review
Public Understanding of Science Blog review
Quarterly Review of Biology review
In Limbo podcast interview
(2) The Nature of Scientific Knowledge: An Explanatory Approach, Springer, 2016
Metascience review
(1) Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification, Routledge, 2014
NDPR review
Syndicate Philosophy symposium
(8) Evidentialism at 40: New Arguments, New Angles, Routledge, forthcoming (with Scott Stapleford and Matthias Steup)
(7) Seemings: New Arguments, New Angles, Routledge, 2023 (with Scott Stapleford and Matthias Steup)
(6) Epistemic Dilemmas: New Arguments, New Angles, Routledge, 2021 (with Scott Stapleford and Matthias Steup)
(5) Epistemic Duties: New Arguments, New Angles, Routledge, 2020 (with Scott Stapleford)
(4) What is Scientific Knowledge? An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology of Science , Routledge, 2019 (with Kostas Kampourakis)
British Journal for the History of Science review
(3) The Mystery of Skepticism: New Explorations, Brill, 2018 (with Ted Poston)
(2) Believing in Accordance with the Evidence: New Essays on Evidentialism, Springer, 2018
(1) Best Explanations: New Essays on Inference to the Best Explanation, Oxford University Press, 2017 (with Ted Poston)
NDPR review
(60) Extreme Evidentialism. In Kevin McCain, Scott Stapleford, and Matthias Steup (eds.) Evidentialism at 40: New Arguments, New Angles, Routledge. (with Scott Stapleford)
(59) Appreciating the Need for Autonomy, or Recognizing the Truth of Evidentialism? Inquiry
(58) Evidentialism, Judgment, and Suspension: Meeting Sosa's Challenges. Episteme
(57) Reflective Awareness, Phenomenal Conservatism, and Phenomenal Explanationism. Erkenntnis (with Luca Moretti)
(56) Explanatory Reasoning & Informativeness. Canadian Journal of Philosophy (with Ted Poston)
(55) Defending Phenomenal Explanationism: Responses to Fumerton, Huemer, McAllister, Piazza, Steup, and Zhang. Asian Journal of Philosophy (with Luca Moretti)
(54) Explaining Phenomenal Explanationism: A Précis of Appearance & Explanation: Phenomenal Explanationism in Epistemology. Asian Journal of Philosophy (with Luca Moretti)
(53) Progressing Bird's Account of Scientific Progress. Asian Journal of Philosophy
(52) Phenomenal Explanationism and the Look of Things. In Kevin McCain, Scott Stapleford, and Matthias Steup (eds.) Seemings: New Arguments, New Angles, Routledge. (with Luca Moretti)
(51) Appearances and the Problem of Stored Beliefs. In Kevin McCain, Scott Stapleford, and Matthias Steup (eds.) Seemings: New Arguments, New Angles, Routledge. (with Scott Stapleford)
(50) Explanation and Evidence. In Maria Lasonen-Aarnio and Clayton Littlejohn (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Evidence, Routledge. (with Ted Poston)
(49) Evidence and Religious Beliefs. In Jonathan Fuqua, John Greco, and Tyler McNabb (eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Religious Epistemology, Cambridge University Press.
(48) Explaining Epistemic Intuitions: From Intuitionist Particularism to Intuitionist Explanationism. International Journal for the Study of Skepticism
(47) Forgetting Memory Skepticism. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. (with Matthew Frise)
(46) Epistemic Conservatism: A Non-Evidentialist Epistemology? In Luca Moretti and Nikolaj Pedersen (eds.) Non-Evidentialist Epistemology, Brill.
(45) Epistemic Dilemmas, Epistemic Quasi-Dilemmas, and Quasi-Epistemic Dilemmas. In Kevin McCain, Scott Stapleford, and Matthias Steup (eds.) Epistemic Dilemmas: New Arguments, New Angles, Routledge. (with Scott Stapleford)
(44) What the Debasing Demon Teaches Us about Wisdom. Acta Analytica.
(43) Bound by the Evidence. In Kevin McCain and Scott Stapleford (eds.) Epistemic Duties: New Arguments, New Angles, Routledge. (with Scott Stapleford)
(42) What is biological knowledge? In Kostas Kampourakis and Tobias Uller (eds.) Philosophy of Science for Biologists, Cambridge University Press.
(41) Epistemic Conservatism and the Basing Relation. In J. Adam Carter and Patrick Bondy (eds.) Well Founded Belief: New Essays on the Epistemic Basing Relation, Routledge.
(40) Beliefs are Justified by Coherence. In Steven B. Cowan (ed.) Problems in Epistemology and Metaphysics: An Introduction to Contemporary Debates, Bloomsbury. (with Ted Poston)
(39) McCain and Poston's Response to Howard-Snyder In Steven B. Cowan (ed.) Problems in Epistemology and Metaphysics: An Introduction to Contemporary Debates, Bloomsbury. (with Ted Poston)
(38) Dispelling the Disjunction Objection to Explanatory Inference. Philosophers' Imprint (with Ted Poston)
(37) In Defense of the Explanationist Response to Skepticism. International Journal for the Study of Skepticism
(36) How do explanations lead to scientific knowledge? In Kevin McCain and Kostas Kampourakis (eds.) What is Scientific Knowledge? An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology of Science, Routledge.
(35) Two Strategies for Explaining Away Skepticism. In Kevin McCain and Ted Poston (eds.) The Mystery of Skepticism: New Explorations, Brill-(with Ted Poston)
(34) The Mystery of Skepticism: An Introduction. In Kevin McCain and Ted Poston (eds.) The Mystery of Skepticism: New Explorations, Brill-(with Ted Poston)
(33) Explanationist Aid for Phenomenal Conservatism. Synthese.
(32) Evidentialism: A Primer. In Kevin McCain (ed.) Believing in Accordance with the Evidence: New Essays on Evidentialism, Springer.
(31) Explanationist Evidentialism: A Defense. In Kevin McCain (ed.) Believing in Accordance with the Evidence: New Essays on Evidentialism, Springer
(30) Explanatory Virtues are Indicative of Truth. Logos & Episteme
(29) Which question do polls about evolution and belief really ask, and why does it matter? Public Understanding of Science (with Kostas Kampourakis)
(28) The Evidential Impact of Explanatory Considerations. In Kevin McCain and Ted Poston (eds.) Best Explanations: New Essays on Inference to the Best Explanation, Oxford University Press (with Ted Poston)
(27) Best Explanations: An Introduction. In Kevin McCain and Ted Poston (eds.) Best Explanations: New Essays on Inference to the Best Explanation, Oxford University Press (with Ted Poston)
(26) An Isolation Objection to Phenomenal Conservatism. Erkenntnis
(25) Undaunted Explanationism. Logos & Episteme
(24) The Coherence of Explanationist Evidentialism: A Reply to Smart. Syndicate Philosophy
(23) The Role of Dispositions in Evidential Fit: A Reply to Moon and Robinson. Syndicate Philosophy
(22) It Matters Which Explanation Is Best: A Reply to Cutter and Swenson. Syndicate Philosophy
(21) A Clean Bill of Health for the Interventionist Account of the Basing Relation: A Reply to Flowerree. Syndicate Philosophy
(20) Skepticism and Elegance: An Explanationist Rejoinder. International Journal for the Study of Skepticism
(19) Belief in or about evolution? BioScience (with Kostas Kampourakis)
(18) Is Forgotten Evidence a Problem for Evidentialism? Southern Journal of Philosophy
(17) No Knowledge Without Evidence. Journal of Philosophical Research
(16) Explanationism: Defended on All Sides. Logos & Episteme
(15) A New Evil Demon? No Problem for Moderate Internalists. Acta Analytica
(14) Explanation and the Nature of Scientific Knowledge. Science & Education
(13) Interventionism Defended. Logos & Episteme
(12) Why explanatoriness is evidentially relevant. Thought (with Ted Poston)
(11) Evidentialism, Explanationism, and Beliefs about the Future. Erkenntnis
(10) Pick Your Poison: Beg the Question or Embrace Circularity. International Journal for the Study of Skepticism (with William Rowley)
(9) Testimonial Knowledge from Lies. Philosophia
(8) Explanationist Evidentialism. Episteme
(7) Two Skeptical Arguments or Only One? Philosophical Studies
(6) EvolutionaryTheory and the Epistemology of Science. In Kostas Kampourakis (ed.) The Philosophy of Biology: A Companion for Educators, Springer (with Brad Weslake)
(5) A Predictivist Argument Against Scepticism. Analysis
(4) The Interventionist Account of Causation and the Basing Relation. Philosophical Studies
(3) Against Hanna on Phenomenal Conservatism. Acta Analytica
(2) The Virtues of Epistemic Conservatism. Synthese
(1) Descartes and the Creation of Eternal Truths. Southwest Philosophical Studies
(2) Evidentialism. Encylopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory
(1) The Problem of the Criterion. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
(7) Avnur, The Skeptic and the Veridicalist, in International Journal for the Study of Skepticism, 2024
(6) Making Understanding Intelligible (review of de Regt, Understanding Scientific Understanding), in Science & Education, 2019
(5) Indispensable Falsehoods (review of Potochnik, Idealization and the Aims of Science), in Science & Education, 2018
(4) Tough Love for Science (review of Bauer, Science Is Not What You Think), in Metascience, 2018
(3) Gauch, Scientific Method in Brief, in Teaching Philosophy, 2013
(2) Steup and Sosa, Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, in Science and Education, 2013
(1) Audi, Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge 3rd Edition, in Science and Education, 2013
(7) Red Rising and Philosophy: Break the Chains! Open Court, 2016 (with Courtland Lewis)
(6) Living for More. In Courtland Lewis and Kevin McCain (eds.) Red Rising and Philosophy: Break the Chains!, Open Court, 2016
(5) The One, the Only, Darrow. In Courtland Lewis and Kevin McCain (eds.) Red Rising and Philosophy: Break the Chains!, Open Court, 2016
(4) Hero or Villain? In Courtland Lewis and Kevin McCain (eds.) Red Rising and Philosophy: Break the Chains!, Open Court, 2016
(3) The Doctor Lies. In Courtland Lewis and Paula Smithka (eds.) More Doctor Who and Philosophy: Regeneration Time, Open Court, 2015
(2) Who is Raistlin Majere? In Christopher Robichauld (ed.) Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy, Blackwell Publishing, 2014
(1) “Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen”: Is Ozzy Going Insane? In William Irwin (ed.) Philosophy and Black Sabbath, Blackwell, 2012