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Restoring the Foundations of Epistemic Justification : a Direct Realist and Conceptualist Theory of Foundationalism.

Against various detractors (e.g. Wilfred Sellars, Donald Davidson, etc.), this book develops a foundationalist theory of epistemic justification. In contrast with Laurence BonJour and borrowing from John McDowell, the essential argument is that conceptualized perpetual experience provides a non-doxa...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Porter, Steven
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One
  • The Nature and Value of Epistemic Justification; 1.0 Introduction; 1.1 Recent Discussions of Epistemic Justification; 1.2 A General Conception of Epistemic Justification; 1.3 The Nature and Value of Reflective Justification; 1.4 Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Two
  • Foundationalism and the Regress Arguments; 2.0 Introduction; 2.1 The Epistemic Regress Problem; 2.2 The Doxastic Ascent Problem; 2.3 Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Three
  • The Given Element of Perceptual Experience; 3.0 Introduction.
  • 3.1 The Nature of the Given3.2 The Sellarsian Challenge; 3.3 Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Four
  • BonJour's Foundationalism; 4.0 Introduction; 4.1 BonJour's Foundationalism; 4.2 Criticisms of BonJour's Foundationalism; 4.3 Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Five
  • Defending Direct Realism; 5.0 Introduction; 5.1 Indirect Representationalism and Direct Realism; 5.2 The Standard Objections to Direct Realism; 5.3 Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Six
  • Concepts and the World; 6.0 Introduction; 6.1 The Conceptual Nature of Perceptual Awareness; 6.2 Mind and World; 6.3 Conclusion; Notes.
  • Chapter Seven
  • Restoring the Foundations7.0 Introduction; 7.1 A Theory of Concepts and Conceptualization; 7.2 More than Sheer Intelligibility; 7.3 The Epistemic Status of Conceptualized Perceptual Awareness; 7.4 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.