ABSTRACTInFear of Knowledge, Paul Boghossian argues against various forms of epistemic relativism... more ABSTRACTInFear of Knowledge, Paul Boghossian argues against various forms of epistemic relativism. In this paper, I criticize Boghossian’s arguments against a particular variety of relativism. I then argue in favor of a thesis that is very similar to this variety of relativism.
Critica Instituto De Investigaciones Filosoficas Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico, 2010
SUMMARY: Internalist foundationalism was popular through much of the history of Western epistemol... more SUMMARY: Internalist foundationalism was popular through much of the history of Western epistemology, but has been subjected to intense critical scrutiny in the last century. Ernest Sosa's new book presents some novel and seemingly powerful arguments against ...
Over the past few decades, quite a few philosophers, impressed by Bayesian theories of rational d... more Over the past few decades, quite a few philosophers, impressed by Bayesian theories of rational decision, have taken such theories to exhaust the contribution that philosophy can make to our understanding of practical reasons and of rational action. But, in the last few ...
... I then defend the resulting Cartesian Infallibilist position against popular objections. ... ... more ... I then defend the resulting Cartesian Infallibilist position against popular objections. ... r is not a sufficient condition for p to be true, and yet S can still know that p is true, even if r is S's sole reason for believing that p. I'll call this view Fallibilism, and I'll call its denial Infallibilism. ...
ABSTRACTInFear of Knowledge, Paul Boghossian argues against various forms of epistemic relativism... more ABSTRACTInFear of Knowledge, Paul Boghossian argues against various forms of epistemic relativism. In this paper, I criticize Boghossian’s arguments against a particular variety of relativism. I then argue in favor of a thesis that is very similar to this variety of relativism.
Critica Instituto De Investigaciones Filosoficas Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico, 2010
SUMMARY: Internalist foundationalism was popular through much of the history of Western epistemol... more SUMMARY: Internalist foundationalism was popular through much of the history of Western epistemology, but has been subjected to intense critical scrutiny in the last century. Ernest Sosa's new book presents some novel and seemingly powerful arguments against ...
Over the past few decades, quite a few philosophers, impressed by Bayesian theories of rational d... more Over the past few decades, quite a few philosophers, impressed by Bayesian theories of rational decision, have taken such theories to exhaust the contribution that philosophy can make to our understanding of practical reasons and of rational action. But, in the last few ...
... I then defend the resulting Cartesian Infallibilist position against popular objections. ... ... more ... I then defend the resulting Cartesian Infallibilist position against popular objections. ... r is not a sufficient condition for p to be true, and yet S can still know that p is true, even if r is S's sole reason for believing that p. I'll call this view Fallibilism, and I'll call its denial Infallibilism. ...
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