Beyond "Justification" : Dimensions of Epistemic Evaluation /

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"Much of the writing in Anglo-American epistemology in the twentieth century focused on the conditions for beliefs being "justified." In a book that seeks to shift the ground of debate within theory of knowledge, William P. Alston finds that the century-long search for a correct accou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alston, William P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Evaluatie.
Meinung
Rechtfertigung > Philosophie
Erkenntnistheorie
Begründung
Knowledge, Theory of.
Justification (Theory of knowledge)
Epistemics.
Belief and doubt.
RELIGION > Philosophy.
epistemology.
Croyance et doute.
Épistemique.
Theorie de la connaissance.
Justification (Theorie de la connaissance)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Dispensing with "justification"
  • The epistemic point of view
  • The epistemic desiderata approach
  • Deontological desiderata
  • Adequacy of grounds of belief
  • Reliability and other truth-conducive desiderata
  • Additional epistemic desiderata
  • Where particular desiderata are of special importance
  • Critical questions about epistemological methodology
  • Skepticism
  • The epistemic desiderata approach and the overall epistemic organization of belief.

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