John R. Welch is Professor Emeritus at Saint Louis University – Madrid Campus. He is the author of Moral Strata: Another Approach to Reflective Equilibrium and numerous articles and book chapters in specialized publications. He is also the editor of Other Voices: Readings in Spanish Philosophy.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionA plausibility primerCredence for conclusionsPlausibility and decision theoryTheory choice and theory diagnosis in scienceReasoning about riskCoping with moral uncertaintyPlausible inference in legal contestWhen Econs are humanIn search of philosophical methodEpilogue: Behind and beyondIndex

John R. Welch is Professor Emeritus at Saint Louis University – Madrid Campus. He is the author of Moral Strata: Another Approach to Reflective Equilibrium and numerous articles and book chapters in specialized publications. He is also the editor of Other Voices: Readings in Spanish Philosophy.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionA plausibility primerCredence for conclusionsPlausibility and decision theoryTheory choice and theory diagnosis in scienceReasoning about riskCoping with moral uncertaintyPlausible inference in legal contestWhen Econs are humanIn search of philosophical methodEpilogue: Behind and beyondIndex

John R. Welch is Professor Emeritus at Saint Louis University – Madrid Campus. He is the author of Moral Strata: Another Approach to Reflective Equilibrium and numerous articles and book chapters in specialized publications. He is also the editor of Other Voices: Readings in Spanish Philosophy.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionA plausibility primerCredence for conclusionsPlausibility and decision theoryTheory choice and theory diagnosis in scienceReasoning about riskCoping with moral uncertaintyPlausible inference in legal contestWhen Econs are humanIn search of philosophical methodEpilogue: Behind and beyondIndex