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1 Online Ressource
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ISBN:
9781009028868
Series Statement:
Cambridge elements.Elements in epistemology
Content:
Foundationalism is a view about the structure of knowledge and justification. The heart of the thesis is the claim that if there is any knowledge or justified belief at all, then there is a kind of knowledge and justified belief that does not require inference from something else known or justifiably believed. This Element begins by exploring abstract arguments for foundationalism and against proposed alternatives. It then explores disagreements among foundationalists about how to understand foundational knowledge and justified belief, what is plausibly included in the foundations, and what is required for legitimate inference from foundations to the rest of what we believe. The author argues for the conclusion that one can combine insights captured by different versions of foundationalism by making a distinction between ideal justification and justification that falls short of that ideal.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Jun 2022)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009013949
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Fumerton, Richard A., 1949 - Foundationalism Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022 ISBN 9781009013949
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
DOI:
10.1017/9781009028868
DOI:
10.1017/9781009028868
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