Susan Haack, Evidence Matters: Science, Proof, and Truth in the Law (Cambridge UP, 2014)
Our legal systems are rooted in rules and procedures concerning the burden of proof, the weighing of evidence, the reliability and admissibility of testimony, among much else. It seems obvious, then, that the law is in large part an epistemological enterprise.\xa0 And yet when one looks at the ways in which judges have wielded epistemological concepts, there is plenty of room for concern.\n\nIn Evidence Matters: Science, Proof, and Truth in the Law (Cambridge University Press, 2014), Susan Haack brings her skill as an epistemologist to bear on a series of tangles concerning the legal concepts of proof, evidence, and reliability, especially as they apply in a series of notorious toxic tort cases. Along the way, she exposes several philosophical confusions in the law\u2019s current understanding of the epistemological concepts it wields, and shows how her own distinctive epistemology\u2013Foundherentism\u2013can be useful to the law.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law