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Veli Mitova

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Veli Mitova
Education
AwardsRhodes University Postgraduate Scholarship, Fellow of the Commonwealth Society, British Academy Newton Fellow
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
ThesisDoxastic accountability: why we accept epistemic norms and how to be responsible believers (2007)
Doctoral advisorEdward Craig, Jane Heal, Simon Blackburn
Main interests
epistemology, moral epistemology, epistemic decolonisation

Veli Mitova is a South African philosopher, Professor in Philosophy and Director of the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS) at the University of Johannesburg.[1] She is known for her work on epistemic decolonisation and reasons for belief, in particular her view truthy psychologism.[2][3][4][5][6]

Books

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  • Believable Evidence, Veli Mitova, Cambridge University Press, 2017
  • The Factive Turn in Epistemology, Veli Mitova (ed.), Cambridge University Press, 2018

References

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  1. ^ "African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science". University of Johannesburg.
  2. ^ Dewhurst, Tess (4 May 2019). "Believable Evidence". Philosophical Papers. 48 (2): 321–325. doi:10.1080/05568641.2019.1616605. ISSN 0556-8641. S2CID 203447964.
  3. ^ Eslami, Seyyed Mohsen (3 April 2018). "The long way to "extreme psychologism"". South African Journal of Philosophy. 37 (2): 171–177. doi:10.1080/02580136.2018.1441644. ISSN 0258-0136. S2CID 149495695.
  4. ^ "Prof Velislava Mitova" (PDF). www.uj.ac.za.
  5. ^ Whiting, Daniel (21 August 2018). "Review of The Factive Turn in Epistemology". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617.
  6. ^ Gregory, Alex (29 April 2012). "Review of Reasons for Belief". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617.
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