A Theory of Epistemic Justification

This book proposes an original theory of epistemic justification that offers a new way to relate justification to the epistemic goal of truth-conducive belief. The theory is based on a novel analysis of reliable belief-formation that answers classic objections to reliability theories in epistemology...

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Main Author: Leplin, Jarrett. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
Series:Philosophical Studies Series ; 112
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505 0 # |a 1. Introduction -- 2. Truth-conduciveness -- 3. Reliability -- 4. Justification -- 5. Inference -- 6. Epistemic Paradox -- 7. Skepticism -- 8. Tracking and Epistemic Luck -- 9. Intellectual Virtue -- 10. Counterexamples -- 11. Intuition and Method -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index. 
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